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About Ahascragh

Ahascragh, Áth Eascrach in Irish, is a village in County Galway, 49 km east of Galway, with 186 people at the 2022 census. The map gives it 582 buildings and 0 named streets, with 7 places named on them in 17 kinds, and 85 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 38th largest of the 84 settlements this site covers in County Galway.

Population
186 at the 2022 census
Where
49 km east of Galway, 138 km from Dublin
Position
53.3973° N, 8.3326° W
Governed
Galway County Council, in the province of Connacht
On the model
582 buildings, 0 streets, 7 named places in 17 kinds
Church interior showing altar and pews. Script over altar reads "Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness" (38537866921)
Church interior showing altar and pews. Script over altar reads "Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness" (38537866921)·National Library of Ireland on The Commons, no restrictions via Wikimedia Commons
MAY YOUR DAYS be LONG & HAPPY! (31676412055)
MAY YOUR DAYS be LONG & HAPPY! (31676412055)·National Library of Ireland on The Commons, no restrictions 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 85 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map gives no numbered road inside Ahascragh; the roads it does record are local.

By bus or train

1 line calls at 2 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.

Schools and services

The map records no school inside the settlement.

Questions people ask

Where is Ahascragh?
In County Galway, in the province of Connacht, 49 km east of Galway and 138 km from Dublin.
How big is Ahascragh?
186 people at the 2022 census. On the map it is 582 buildings and 0 named streets.
What is there to see in Ahascragh?
85 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Lady Well, Lisburn and Windhill Fort.
How do you get to Ahascragh?
1 bus and train line calls at 2 stops here in the published timetable, run by TFI Local Link Galway.
Has County Galway grown or shrunk?
The census counted 440,198 people in the county in 1841 and 277,737 in 2022.
582
buildings on the model
0
named streets
7
named places
17
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 Q1998367). 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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