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About Abbeyknockmoy

Abbeyknockmoy, Mainistir Chnoc Muaidhe in Irish, is a village in County Galway, 27 km north-east of Galway. It stands on the L2128. The map gives it 555 buildings and 2 named streets, with 10 places named on them in 18 kinds, and 67 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 40th largest of the 84 settlements this site covers in County Galway.

Where
27 km north-east of Galway, 165 km from Dublin
Position
53.4371° N, 8.7492° W
Roads
L2128
Governed
Galway County Council, in the province of Connacht
On the model
555 buildings, 2 streets, 10 named places in 18 kinds
Knockmoy Abbey
Knockmoy Abbey·DanielecDalton, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
According to Roger Stalley, this sculpture in the nave of the medieval abbey of Abbeyknockmoy possibly depicts Cathal Crobhdearg Ua Conchobair.
According to Roger Stalley, this sculpture in the nave of the medieval abbey of Abbeyknockmoy possibly depicts Cathal Crobhdearg Ua Conchobair.·Johnscotuseriugena, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

County Galway 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.

440,198148,340277,73718412022

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 67 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the L2128 running through Abbeyknockmoy.

By bus or train

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

Schools and services

2 school or colleges on the map: Newtown National School and Newtown National School.

Questions people ask

Where is Abbeyknockmoy?
In County Galway, in the province of Connacht, 27 km north-east of Galway and 165 km from Dublin, on the L2128.
How big is Abbeyknockmoy?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 555 buildings, 2 named streets and 10 named places, which by building count makes it the 40th largest of the 84 settlements this site covers in County Galway.
What is there to see in Abbeyknockmoy?
67 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Abbeyknockmoy Abbey, Knockmoy Abbey and Knockroe.
How do you get to Abbeyknockmoy?
2 bus and train lines call at 5 stops here in the published timetable, run by Bus Éireann and Bus4u.
Has County Galway grown or shrunk?
The census counted 440,198 people in the county in 1841 and 277,737 in 2022.
555
buildings on the model
2
named streets
10
named places
18
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. 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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