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About Bennettsbridge

Bennettsbridge, Droichead Binéid in Irish, is a village in County Kilkenny, 8 km south-east of Kilkenny. It stands on the M9, R700 and L2638. The map gives it 926 buildings and 17 named streets, with 31 places named on them in 44 kinds, and 300 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 13th largest of the 42 settlements this site covers in County Kilkenny.

Where
8 km south-east of Kilkenny, 104 km from Dublin
Position
52.5924° N, 7.1849° W
Roads
M9, R700, L2638 and L4200
Governed
Kilkenny County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
926 buildings, 17 streets, 31 named places in 44 kinds
Sewer vent on Chapel Street in Bennettsbridge. No maker's mark present, but must be Shannon Foundry Limerick.
Sewer vent on Chapel Street in Bennettsbridge. No maker's mark present, but must be Shannon Foundry Limerick.·A.-K. D., CC0 via Wikimedia Commons
Sewer vent Station Road Bennettsbridge
Sewer vent Station Road Bennettsbridge·A.-K. D., CC0 via Wikimedia Commons

Bennettsbridge in order

9 of the places on this map carry a date on Wikidata, running from the eleventh century to 1706. That is not a history of Bennettsbridge, 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 eleventh century1706Kilmalog ChurchSmithwick's Brewery Experience
The eleventh century
  • the eleventh centuryKilmalog ChurchHistoric churches · 6.4 km from the centre
The twelfth century
The thirteenth century
The sixteenth century
  • 1582Archer HouseHistoric houses · 8.0 km from the centre · national monument of Ireland
  • 1594Rothe HouseHistoric houses · 8.3 km from the centre · national monument of Ireland
The eighteenth century

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 300 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the M9, R700, L2638 and L4200 running through Bennettsbridge.

By bus or train

2 lines call at 2 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.

Schools and services

1 school or college on the map: Bennetsbridge Mixed National School.

Questions people ask

Where is Bennettsbridge?
In County Kilkenny, in the province of Leinster, 8 km south-east of Kilkenny and 104 km from Dublin, on the M9, R700 and L2638.
How big is Bennettsbridge?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 926 buildings, 17 named streets and 31 named places, which by building count makes it the 13th largest of the 42 settlements this site covers in County Kilkenny.
What is there to see in Bennettsbridge?
300 things the map records in and around it, the closest being trailkilkenny, Ave Maria and Time Capsule.
How do you get to Bennettsbridge?
2 bus and train lines call at 2 stops here in the published timetable, run by Bus Éireann 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.
926
buildings on the model
17
named streets
31
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 Q2084252). 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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