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About Fiddown

Fiddown, Fiodh Dúin in Irish, is a village in County Kilkenny, 16 km north-west of Waterford. It stands on the N24 and R698. The map gives it 641 buildings and 14 named streets, with 11 places named on them in 24 kinds, and 154 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 22th largest of the 42 settlements this site covers in County Kilkenny.

Where
16 km north-west of Waterford, 134 km from Dublin
Position
52.3317° N, 7.3153° W, 11 m above sea level
Roads
N24 and R698
Governed
Kilkenny County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
641 buildings, 14 streets, 11 named places in 24 kinds
Remains of the crypt of the old Fiddown Church
Remains of the crypt of the old Fiddown Church·A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Memorial stone inside Fiddown (church in County Kilkenny, Ireland). Arthur George Brabazon Ponsonby (1820-1841).
Memorial stone inside Fiddown (church in County Kilkenny, Ireland). Arthur George Brabazon Ponsonby (1820-1841).·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 154 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the N24 and R698 running through Fiddown.

By bus or train

5 lines call at 2 stops 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 Fiddown?
In County Kilkenny, in the province of Leinster, 16 km north-west of Waterford and 134 km from Dublin, on the N24 and R698.
How big is Fiddown?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 641 buildings, 14 named streets and 11 named places, which by building count makes it the 22th largest of the 42 settlements this site covers in County Kilkenny.
What is there to see in Fiddown?
154 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Fiddown Castle (site of), Fiddown Bridge and Fiddown Island.
How do you get to Fiddown?
5 bus and train lines call at 2 stops here in the published timetable, run by Bus Éireann, Piltown Coaches 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.
641
buildings on the model
14
named streets
11
named places
24
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 Q4483474). 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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