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About Kilclare

Kilclare is a village in County Leitrim, 106 km north-east of Galway. It stands on the R209. The map gives it 465 buildings and 7 named streets, with 12 places named on them in 17 kinds, and 147 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 17th largest of the 36 settlements this site covers in County Leitrim.

Where
106 km north-east of Galway, 137 km from Dublin
Position
54.0084° N, 8.0147° W
Roads
R209
Governed
Leitrim County Council, in the province of Connacht
On the model
465 buildings, 7 streets, 12 named places in 17 kinds
R209 geograph.org.uk 7171192
R209 geograph.org.uk 7171192·N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
R209 geograph.org.uk 7171193
R209 geograph.org.uk 7171193·N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

County Leitrim 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.

155,29725,05735,19918412022

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 147 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the R209 running through Kilclare.

By bus or train

No stop here appears in the national timetable.

Schools and services

The map records no school inside the settlement.

Questions people ask

Where is Kilclare?
In County Leitrim, in the province of Connacht, 106 km north-east of Galway and 137 km from Dublin, on the R209.
How big is Kilclare?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 465 buildings, 7 named streets and 12 named places, which by building count makes it the 17th largest of the 36 settlements this site covers in County Leitrim.
What is there to see in Kilclare?
147 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Kilclare Lock No. 12, Lisconnor and Newbrook Lock No. 13.
How do you get to Kilclare?
No stop within 2 km of it appears in the national timetable. By road it is on the R209.
Has County Leitrim grown or shrunk?
The census counted 155,297 people in the county in 1841 and 35,199 in 2022.
465
buildings on the model
7
named streets
12
named places
17
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. 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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