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County Kilkenny · Leinster

About Ballyouskill

Ballyouskill, Baile Ascaille in Irish, is a village in County Kilkenny, 22 km north of Kilkenny. It stands on the R432. The map gives it 349 buildings and 2 named streets, with 7 places named on them in 18 kinds, and 132 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 40th largest of the 42 settlements this site covers in County Kilkenny.

Where
22 km north of Kilkenny, 91 km from Dublin
Position
52.8436° N, 7.3288° W
Roads
R432
Governed
Kilkenny County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
349 buildings, 2 streets, 7 named places in 18 kinds
Shrine at Ladywell with Ladywell to the right
Shrine at Ladywell with Ladywell to the right·A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Holy water tap at Ladywell. Presumably for insurance reasons, the actual well is no longer accessible and covered with a grate.
Holy water tap at Ladywell. Presumably for insurance reasons, the actual well is no longer accessible and covered with a grate.·A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

County Kilkenny 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.

202,42060,463104,16018412022

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 132 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the R432 running through Ballyouskill.

By bus or train

No stop here appears in the national timetable.

Schools and services

The map records no school inside the settlement.

Questions people ask

Where is Ballyouskill?
In County Kilkenny, in the province of Leinster, 22 km north of Kilkenny and 91 km from Dublin, on the R432.
How big is Ballyouskill?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 349 buildings, 2 named streets and 7 named places, which by building count makes it the 40th largest of the 42 settlements this site covers in County Kilkenny.
What is there to see in Ballyouskill?
132 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Ladywell, Ballyoskill Ringfort (Rath) and Irish Fly Fishing and Game Shooting Museum.
How do you get to Ballyouskill?
No stop within 2 km of it appears in the national timetable. By road it is on the R432.
Has County Kilkenny grown or shrunk?
The census counted 202,420 people in the county in 1841 and 104,160 in 2022.
349
buildings on the model
2
named streets
7
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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