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About Abbeyshrule

Abbeyshrule, Mainistir Shruthla in Irish, is a village in County Longford, 96 km west of Dublin. It stands on the L1103 and L1105. The map gives it 109 buildings and 8 named streets, with 5 places named on them in 13 kinds, and 59 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 11th largest of the 32 settlements this site covers in County Longford.

Where
96 km west of Dublin
Position
53.5832° N, 7.6566° W, 82 m above sea level
Roads
L1103 and L1105
Governed
Longford County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
109 buildings, 8 streets, 5 named places in 13 kinds
Abbeyshrule, County Longford, near to Abbeyshrule, Ireland. Boats on the Royal Canal.
Abbeyshrule, County Longford, near to Abbeyshrule, Ireland. Boats on the Royal Canal.·sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
County Longford, Scally's Bridge.
County Longford, Scally's Bridge.·Royalcanalrunner, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

County Longford 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.

115,49128,25046,75118412022

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 59 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the L1103 and L1105 running through Abbeyshrule.

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 Abbeyshrule?
In County Longford, in the province of Leinster, 96 km west of Dublin and 96 km from Dublin, on the L1103 and L1105.
How big is Abbeyshrule?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 109 buildings, 8 named streets and 5 named places, which by building count makes it the 11th largest of the 32 settlements this site covers in County Longford.
What is there to see in Abbeyshrule?
59 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Abbeyshrule Castle, Abbeyshrule Abbey and 39th Lock Keeper's House.
How do you get to Abbeyshrule?
No stop within 2 km of it appears in the national timetable. By road it is on the L1103 and L1105.
Has County Longford grown or shrunk?
The census counted 115,491 people in the county in 1841 and 46,751 in 2022.
109
buildings on the model
8
named streets
5
named places
13
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 Q306455). 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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