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County Kilkenny · Leinster

About Castlecomer

Castlecomer, Caisleán an Chomair in Irish, is a town in County Kilkenny, 18 km north of Kilkenny. It stands on the N78, R426 and R694. The map gives it 2,636 buildings and 20 named streets, with 105 places named on them in 69 kinds, and 124 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 4th largest of the 42 settlements this site covers in County Kilkenny.

Where
18 km north of Kilkenny, 88 km from Dublin
Position
52.8061° N, 7.2106° W
Roads
N78, R426, R694, L1835 and L1840
Governed
Kilkenny County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
2,636 buildings, 20 streets, 105 named places in 69 kinds
Stump of a sewer vent in Castlecomer
Stump of a sewer vent in Castlecomer·A.-K. D., CC0 via Wikimedia Commons
stump of a sewer vent outside the Creamery House in Castlecomer (now Lady Anne restaurant). The maker's mark is not very accessible, but is by Shannon Foundry Limerick.
stump of a sewer vent outside the Creamery House in Castlecomer (now Lady Anne restaurant). The maker's mark is not very accessible, but is by Shannon Foundry Limerick.·A.-K. D., CC0 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 124 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the N78, R426, R694, L1835 and L1840 running through Castlecomer.

By bus or train

2 lines call at 4 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.

Schools and services

4 school or colleges on the map: Castlecomer Convent National School, Castlecomer Community School, Castlecomer Community School and Wandesforde National School.

Questions people ask

Where is Castlecomer?
In County Kilkenny, in the province of Leinster, 18 km north of Kilkenny and 88 km from Dublin, on the N78, R426 and R694.
How big is Castlecomer?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 2,636 buildings, 20 named streets and 105 named places, which by building count makes it the 4th largest of the 42 settlements this site covers in County Kilkenny.
What is there to see in Castlecomer?
124 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Post Office, Creamery House and Bastioned Fort.
How do you get to Castlecomer?
2 bus and train lines call at 4 stops 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.
2,636
buildings on the model
20
named streets
105
named places
69
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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