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About Ballinasloe

Ballinasloe, Béal Átha na Sluaighe in Irish, is a town in County Galway, 55 km east of Galway. It stands on the M6, R348 and R357. The map gives it 3,884 buildings and 41 named streets, with 110 places named on them in 70 kinds, and 77 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 6th largest of the 84 settlements this site covers in County Galway.

Population
6,597, as the map records it
Where
55 km east of Galway, 130 km from Dublin
Position
53.3303° N, 8.2214° W, 65 m above sea level
Area
17.71 km²
Roads
M6, R348, R357, R358, R446, R904 and L4604
Governed
Galway County Council, in the province of Connacht
On the model
3,884 buildings, 41 streets, 110 named places in 70 kinds
North-west façade of St. Michael's Church as seen from St. Michael's Square.
North-west façade of St. Michael's Church as seen from St. Michael's Square.·Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Nave of St. Michael's Church, looking south-east. The painting above the chancel arch depicts the Trinity and was created by Harry Clarke in 1924.
Nave of St. Michael's Church, looking south-east. The painting above the chancel arch depicts the Trinity and was created by Harry Clarke in 1924.·Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Ballinasloe in order

10 of the places on this map carry a date on Wikidata, running from the twelfth century to 2005. That is not a history of Ballinasloe, and it is not written as one: it is the order in which the things still standing were built, which is the part a map can actually tell you.

the twelfth century2005Clontuskert AbbeyBallinasloe GAA
The twelfth century
  • the twelfth centuryClontuskert AbbeyAbbeys · 5.3 km from the centre · national monument of Ireland
The fifteenth century
  • 1414Kilconnell AbbeyAbbeys · 12 km from the centre · national monument of Ireland
The nineteenth century
The twentieth century
The twenty-first century

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 77 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the M6, R348, R357, R358, R446, R904 and L4604 running through Ballinasloe. 4 car parks on the map.

By bus or train

There is a station in the settlement. 6 lines call at 13 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.

Schools and services

5 school or colleges on the map.

Questions people ask

Where is Ballinasloe?
In County Galway, in the province of Connacht, 55 km east of Galway and 130 km from Dublin, on the M6, R348 and R357.
How big is Ballinasloe?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 3,884 buildings, 41 named streets and 110 named places, which by building count makes it the 6th largest of the 84 settlements this site covers in County Galway.
What is there to see in Ballinasloe?
77 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Kilcloony Church, West Wood and Lismurtagh.
How do you get to Ballinasloe?
6 bus and train lines call at 13 stops here in the published timetable, run by Citylink, Iarnród Éireann / Irish Rail and TFI Local Link Galway. There is a station in the settlement itself.
Has County Galway grown or shrunk?
The census counted 440,198 people in the county in 1841 and 277,737 in 2022.
3,884
buildings on the model
41
named streets
110
named places
70
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 Q618056). 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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