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About Athgarvan

Athgarvan, Áth Garbháin in Irish, is a village in County Kildare, 41 km south-west of Dublin. It stands on the M7, M9 and L2032. The map gives it 1,266 buildings and 13 named streets, with 5 places named on them in 22 kinds, and 92 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 19th largest of the 54 settlements this site covers in County Kildare.

Where
41 km south-west of Dublin
Position
53.1534° N, 6.7772° W, 115 m above sea level
Roads
M7, M9 and L2032
Governed
Kildare County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
1,266 buildings, 13 streets, 5 named places in 22 kinds
Athgarvan, County Kildare, near to Rosetown, Athgarvan and Connellmore, Kildare, Ireland. Two miles from Newbridge in the old money.
Athgarvan, County Kildare, near to Rosetown, Athgarvan and Connellmore, Kildare, Ireland. Two miles from Newbridge in the old money.·sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Near Newbridge, County Kildare Looking up at the Greatconnell Road from the M7.
Near Newbridge, County Kildare Looking up at the Greatconnell Road from the M7.·Sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

County Kildare 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.

247,77457,892114,48818412022

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 92 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the M7, M9 and L2032 running through Athgarvan.

By bus or train

1 line calls at 12 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.

Schools and services

1 school or college on the map: Schoil Bhríde.

Questions people ask

Where is Athgarvan?
In County Kildare, in the province of Leinster, 41 km south-west of Dublin and 41 km from Dublin, on the M7, M9 and L2032.
How big is Athgarvan?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 1,266 buildings, 13 named streets and 5 named places, which by building count makes it the 19th largest of the 54 settlements this site covers in County Kildare.
What is there to see in Athgarvan?
92 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Donnelly's Hollow, Great Connell Church (C of I) and Flagstaff Hill.
How do you get to Athgarvan?
1 bus and train line calls at 12 stops here in the published timetable, run by TFI Local Link Kildare South Dublin.
Has County Kildare grown or shrunk?
The census counted 114,488 people in the county in 1841 and 247,774 in 2022.
1,266
buildings on the model
13
named streets
5
named places
22
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 Q4072044). 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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