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About Bettystown

Bettystown, Baile an Bhiataigh in Irish, is a village in County Meath, 39 km north of Dublin. It stands on the R150 and R151. The map gives it 2,525 buildings and 41 named streets, with 32 places named on them in 36 kinds, and 45 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 11th largest of the 52 settlements this site covers in County Meath.

Where
39 km north of Dublin
Position
53.6983° N, 6.2444° W
Roads
R150 and R151
Governed
Meath County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
2,525 buildings, 41 streets, 32 named places in 36 kinds
Bettystown (Co. Meath): Shell
Bettystown (Co. Meath): Shell·Bananenfalter, CC0 via Wikimedia Commons
Bettystown (Co. Meath)
Bettystown (Co. Meath)·Bananenfalter, CC0 via Wikimedia Commons

County Meath 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.

220,82661,405183,82818412022

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 45 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the R150 and R151 running through Bettystown. 1 car park on the map.

By bus or train

4 lines call at 19 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.

Schools and services

2 school or colleges on the map: Coláiste na hInse and Scoil an Spioraid Naoimh.

Questions people ask

Where is Bettystown?
In County Meath, in the province of Leinster, 39 km north of Dublin and 39 km from Dublin, on the R150 and R151.
How big is Bettystown?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 2,525 buildings, 41 named streets and 32 named places, which by building count makes it the 11th largest of the 52 settlements this site covers in County Meath.
What is there to see in Bettystown?
45 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Ninch Barrow, Donacarney Castle (ruin) and Ballygarth Castle.
How do you get to Bettystown?
4 bus and train lines call at 19 stops here in the published timetable, run by Bus Éireann and Matthews Coach Hire.
Has County Meath grown or shrunk?
The census counted 183,828 people in the county in 1841 and 220,826 in 2022.
2,525
buildings on the model
41
named streets
32
named places
36
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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