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About Loughshinny

Loughshinny, Loch Sionnach in Irish, is a village in County Dublin, 25 km north-east of Dublin. It stands on the R128. The map gives it 1,318 buildings and 32 named streets, with 14 places named on them in 26 kinds, and 129 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 43th largest of the 50 settlements this site covers in County Dublin.

Where
25 km north-east of Dublin
Position
53.5466° N, 6.0864° W
Roads
R128
Governed
Dublin County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
1,318 buildings, 32 streets, 14 named places in 26 kinds
Loughshinny pier and harbour, County Dublin, Ireland
Loughshinny pier and harbour, County Dublin, Ireland·Ridiculopathy, CC0 via Wikimedia Commons
Loughshinny pier and harbour, County Dublin, Ireland
Loughshinny pier and harbour, County Dublin, Ireland·Ridiculopathy, CC0 via Wikimedia Commons

County Dublin since 1841

Every census of the county, which is the only way to see what happened to rural Ireland: the fall from the Famine runs for a century, and the recovery is recent.

1,458,154372,77318412022

Source: Central Statistics Office, table F1001 'Population at Each Census', read through the PxStat API, read 2026-09-20.

What to see

Closest to the centre first, with how far each one is.

All 129 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the R128 running through Loughshinny.

By bus or train

5 lines call at 16 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.

Schools and services

1 school or college on the map: Saint Catherine's National School.

Questions people ask

Where is Loughshinny?
In County Dublin, in the province of Leinster, 25 km north-east of Dublin and 25 km from Dublin, on the R128.
How big is Loughshinny?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 1,318 buildings, 32 named streets and 14 named places, which by building count makes it the 43th largest of the 50 settlements this site covers in County Dublin.
What is there to see in Loughshinny?
129 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Drumanagh Promontory Fort, Loughshinny and Kenure estate storage room.
How do you get to Loughshinny?
5 bus and train lines call at 16 stops here in the published timetable, run by Bus Átha Cliath – Dublin Bus, Go-Ahead Ireland and Nitelink, Dublin Bus.
Has County Dublin grown or shrunk?
The census counted 372,773 people in the county in 1841 and 1,458,154 in 2022.
1,318
buildings on the model
32
named streets
14
named places
26
kinds of place

Buildings, streets, places, roads and position are OpenStreetMap, counted by this site rather than quoted from anywhere. Population, elevation, area and twinning are structured claims on Wikidata (item Q4267568). County population is the Central Statistics Office. Journeys are the National Transport Authority’s published timetable. Every sentence on this page is written from those numbers; none of it is copied from a description of the place.

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