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County Kilkenny · Leinster

About Ballyragget

Ballyragget, Béal Átha Ragad in Irish, is a village in County Kilkenny, 16 km north of Kilkenny, with 1,082 people at the 2016 census. It stands on the N77, R432 and R694. The map gives it 1,009 buildings and 20 named streets, with 32 places named on them in 36 kinds, and 193 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 11th largest of the 42 settlements this site covers in County Kilkenny.

Population
1,082 at the 2016 census
Where
16 km north of Kilkenny, 95 km from Dublin
Position
52.7888° N, 7.3343° W
Roads
N77, R432, R694 and KK-R694-004
Governed
Kilkenny County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
1,009 buildings, 20 streets, 32 named places in 36 kinds
worn maker's mark on sewer ventilation pipe along Moate Street, made by Tonge & Taggart in Dublin. Crowling missing.
worn maker's mark on sewer ventilation pipe along Moate Street, made by Tonge & Taggart in Dublin. Crowling missing.·A.-K. D., CC0 via Wikimedia Commons
Step House in Ballyragget
Step House in Ballyragget·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 193 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the N77, R432, R694 and KK-R694-004 running through Ballyragget.

By bus or train

2 lines call at 1 stop 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 Ballyragget?
In County Kilkenny, in the province of Leinster, 16 km north of Kilkenny and 95 km from Dublin, on the N77, R432 and R694.
How big is Ballyragget?
1,082 people at the 2016 census. On the map it is 1,009 buildings and 20 named streets.
What is there to see in Ballyragget?
193 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Fair Green, Ballyragget Castle and Donaghmore Graveyard.
How do you get to Ballyragget?
2 bus and train lines call at 1 stop here in the published timetable, run by Slieve Bloom Coach Tours and TFI Local Link Carlow Kilkenny Wicklow.
Has County Kilkenny grown or shrunk?
The census counted 202,420 people in the county in 1841 and 104,160 in 2022.
1,009
buildings on the model
20
named streets
32
named places
36
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 Q2119844). 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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