About Dunbell
Dunbell is a village in County Kilkenny, 7 km south-east of Kilkenny. It stands on the M9 and N10. The map gives it 287 buildings and 5 named streets, with 5 places named on them in 22 kinds, and 291 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 42th largest of the 42 settlements this site covers in County Kilkenny.
- Where
- 7 km south-east of Kilkenny, 100 km from Dublin
- Position
- 52.6234° N, 7.1511° W
- Roads
- M9 and N10
- Governed
- Kilkenny County Council, in the province of Leinster
- On the model
- 287 buildings, 5 streets, 5 named places in 22 kinds
Dunbell in order
7 of the places on this map carry a date on Wikidata, running from the eleventh century to 1706. That is not a history of Dunbell, 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 centuryKilmalog ChurchHistoric churches · 5.0 km from the centre
- the 1230sSt. Francis AbbeyHistoric churches · 7.8 km from the centre · national monument of Ireland
- the thirteenth centurySaint Mary's ChurchHistoric churches · 7.5 km from the centre
- the thirteenth centuryMedieval Mile MuseumMuseums · 7.5 km from the centre
- 1582Archer HouseHistoric houses · 7.6 km from the centre · national monument of Ireland
- 1594Rothe HouseHistoric houses · 7.8 km from the centre · national monument of Ireland
- 1706Smithwick's Brewery ExperienceAttractions · 7.8 km from the centre
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.
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.
- Dunbell Big Ringfort690 mRingforts and sites
- Clifden Castle (ruin)1.6 kmCastles
- Dunbell Big Ringfort1.8 kmRingforts and sites
- Blanchvilletown Church Ruin1.9 kmHistoric churches
- Dunbell Big Ringfort2.2 kmRingforts and sites
- Highrath Castle2.8 kmCastles
- Tobernaleabe2.8 kmHoly wells
- Ballynaboley Castle3.0 kmCastles
- Sheastown Church Ruin3.1 kmHistoric churches
- Clashwilliam Henge3.1 kmRingforts and sites
- Saint Fiachre's Well3.2 kmHoly wells
- Knockanbawn3.2 kmHills
Getting around
The map records the M9 and N10 running through Dunbell.
No stop here appears in the national timetable.
The map records no school inside the settlement.
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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.