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About Monasterevin

Monasterevin, Mainistir Eimhín in Irish, is a town in County Kildare, 56 km north of Kilkenny, with 5,307 people at the 2022 census. It stands on the M7, R414 and R424. The map gives it 3,708 buildings and 67 named streets, with 67 places named on them in 44 kinds, and 101 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 10th largest of the 54 settlements this site covers in County Kildare.

Population
5,307 at the 2022 census
Where
56 km north of Kilkenny, 58 km from Dublin
Position
53.1427° N, 7.0635° W, 65 m above sea level
Area
3.43 km²
Roads
M7, R414, R424, R445 and L3009
Governed
Kildare County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
3,708 buildings, 67 streets, 67 named places in 44 kinds
Aqueduct at Monasterevin (River Barrow and Grand Canal)
Aqueduct at Monasterevin (River Barrow and Grand Canal)·Wanfried-Dublin, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Aqueduct at Monasterevin (River Barrow and Grand Canal)
Aqueduct at Monasterevin (River Barrow and Grand Canal)·Wanfried-Dublin, CC BY-SA 4.0 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 101 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the M7, R414, R424, R445 and L3009 running through Monasterevin. 7 car parks on the map.

By bus or train

There is a station in the settlement. 8 lines call at 18 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.

Schools and services

4 school or colleges on the map: Scoil Eimhín Naofa, St. Paul's Secondary School, St. Peter's National School and St. John's National School.

Questions people ask

Where is Monasterevin?
In County Kildare, in the province of Leinster, 56 km north of Kilkenny and 58 km from Dublin, on the M7, R414 and R424.
How big is Monasterevin?
5,307 people at the 2022 census. On the map it is 3,708 buildings and 67 named streets.
What is there to see in Monasterevin?
101 things the map records in and around it, the closest being monasterevin playground, Lodge Grove and Lodge Grove.
How do you get to Monasterevin?
8 bus and train lines call at 18 stops here in the published timetable, run by Dublin Coach, Iarnród Éireann / Irish Rail and JJ Kavanagh. There is a station in the settlement itself.
Has County Kildare grown or shrunk?
The census counted 114,488 people in the county in 1841 and 247,774 in 2022.
3,708
buildings on the model
67
named streets
67
named places
44
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 Q522012). 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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