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About Mountmellick

Mountmellick, Móinteach Mílic in Irish, is a town in County Laois, 52 km north of Kilkenny. It stands on the N80, R422 and R423. The map gives it 4,804 buildings and 35 named streets, with 53 places named on them in 37 kinds, and 140 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the third largest of the 36 settlements this site covers in County Laois.

Population
4,905, as the map records it
Where
52 km north of Kilkenny, 75 km from Dublin
Position
53.1175° N, 7.3252° W, 75 m above sea level
Roads
N80, R422, R423, L2095, L2097, L20972 and L6130
Governed
Laois County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
4,804 buildings, 35 streets, 53 named places in 37 kinds
In typically infuriating fashion, the car registration number is partly obscured by the the two gents having a chat, but 3844 is visible. Date: 1910?? NLI Ref.: Eas 2728
In typically infuriating fashion, the car registration number is partly obscured by the the two gents having a chat, but 3844 is visible. Date: 1910?? NLI Ref.: Eas 2728·National Library of Ireland on The Commons, no restrictions via Wikimedia Commons
Wexford Millionaires in Mountmellick (8741021052)
Wexford Millionaires in Mountmellick (8741021052)·National Library of Ireland on The Commons, no restrictions via Wikimedia Commons

County Laois 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.

153,93044,59591,87718412022

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 140 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the N80, R422, R423, L2095, L2097, L20972 and L6130 running through Mountmellick.

By bus or train

10 lines call at 7 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.

Schools and services

3 school or colleges on the map: Mountmellick Community School, St. Pauls Mountmellick and The Rock National School.

Questions people ask

Where is Mountmellick?
In County Laois, in the province of Leinster, 52 km north of Kilkenny and 75 km from Dublin, on the N80, R422 and R423.
How big is Mountmellick?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 4,804 buildings, 35 named streets and 53 named places, which by building count makes it the 3th largest of the 36 settlements this site covers in County Laois.
What is there to see in Mountmellick?
140 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Mountmellick Heritage Trail, childrens playground and Mountmellick playground.
How do you get to Mountmellick?
10 bus and train lines call at 7 stops here in the published timetable, run by Bus Éireann, JJ Kavanagh and Martley's.
Has County Laois grown or shrunk?
The census counted 153,930 people in the county in 1841 and 91,877 in 2022.
4,804
buildings on the model
35
named streets
53
named places
37
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 Q2014190). 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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