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County Kilkenny · Leinster

About Goresbridge

Goresbridge, An Droichead Nua in Irish, is a village in County Kilkenny, 18 km east of Kilkenny, with 376 people at the 2006 census. It stands on the R702, L2639 and L2642. The map gives it 749 buildings and 11 named streets, with 29 places named on them in 35 kinds, and 156 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 19th largest of the 42 settlements this site covers in County Kilkenny.

Population
376 at the 2006 census
Where
18 km east of Kilkenny, 94 km from Dublin
Position
52.6302° N, 6.9935° W
Roads
R702, L2639 and L2642
Governed
Kilkenny County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
749 buildings, 11 streets, 29 named places in 35 kinds
Gore's Bridge in Goresbridge as seen from the southern riverbank of the River Barrow
Gore's Bridge in Goresbridge as seen from the southern riverbank of the River Barrow·A.-K. D., CC0 via Wikimedia Commons
Lower Ballyellen lock keeper's house as seen from near the weir in the Barrow River.
Lower Ballyellen lock keeper's house as seen from near the weir in the Barrow River.·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 156 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the R702, L2639 and L2642 running through Goresbridge.

By bus or train

2 lines call at 5 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 Goresbridge?
In County Kilkenny, in the province of Leinster, 18 km east of Kilkenny and 94 km from Dublin, on the R702, L2639 and L2642.
How big is Goresbridge?
376 people at the 2006 census. On the map it is 749 buildings and 11 named streets.
What is there to see in Goresbridge?
156 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Barrow Way, Goodly Barrow Museum and River Barrow.
How do you get to Goresbridge?
2 bus and train lines call at 5 stops here in the published timetable, run by Barrow Bus 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.
749
buildings on the model
11
named streets
29
named places
35
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 Q253027). 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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