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County Kilkenny · Leinster

About Graiguenamanagh

Graiguenamanagh, Gráig na Manach in Irish, is a town in County Kilkenny, 23 km south-east of Kilkenny, with 1,476 people at the 2016 census. It stands on the R703, R705 and L3008. The map gives it 2,629 buildings and 51 named streets, with 115 places named on them in 64 kinds, and 167 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 5th largest of the 42 settlements this site covers in County Kilkenny.

Population
1,476 at the 2016 census
Where
23 km south-east of Kilkenny, 101 km from Dublin
Position
52.5406° N, 6.9554° W, 32 m above sea level
Roads
R703, R705, L3008, L7061 and L8221
Governed
Kilkenny County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
2,629 buildings, 51 streets, 115 named places in 64 kinds
A small abandoned millwheel off Turfmarket in Graiguenamanagh, formerly driven by the Duiske River.
A small abandoned millwheel off Turfmarket in Graiguenamanagh, formerly driven by the Duiske River.·A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
View of the Nave, looking east.
View of the Nave, looking east.·Andreas F. Borchert, 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 167 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the R703, R705, L3008, L7061 and L8221 running through Graiguenamanagh. 3 car parks on the map.

By bus or train

3 lines call at 6 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.

Schools and services

3 school or colleges on the map: Scoil Muire Gan Smal, Duiske College and Boys National School.

Questions people ask

Where is Graiguenamanagh?
In County Kilkenny, in the province of Leinster, 23 km south-east of Kilkenny and 101 km from Dublin, on the R703, R705 and L3008.
How big is Graiguenamanagh?
1,476 people at the 2016 census. On the map it is 2,629 buildings and 51 named streets.
What is there to see in Graiguenamanagh?
167 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Knight of Duiske, Drinking Well and Bianconi Archway.
How do you get to Graiguenamanagh?
3 bus and train lines call at 6 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.
2,629
buildings on the model
51
named streets
115
named places
64
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 Q1114609). 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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