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About Donacarney

Donacarney, Domhnach Cairnigh in Irish, is a village in County Meath, 40 km north of Dublin. It stands on the R150, L1611 and L16114. The map gives it 2,650 buildings and 44 named streets, with 12 places named on them in 23 kinds, and 51 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 10th largest of the 52 settlements this site covers in County Meath.

Where
40 km north of Dublin
Position
53.7103° N, 6.2788° W, 1 m above sea level
Area
2.19 km²
Roads
R150, L1611 and L16114
Governed
Meath County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
2,650 buildings, 44 streets, 12 named places in 23 kinds
Ireland in Ruins: Pilltown House, Co. Meath (1)
Ireland in Ruins: Pilltown House, Co. Meath (1)·Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Ireland in Ruins: Pilltown House, Co. Meath (2)
Ireland in Ruins: Pilltown House, Co. Meath (2)·Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0 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 51 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the R150, L1611 and L16114 running through Donacarney.

By bus or train

4 lines call at 17 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.

Schools and services

3 school or colleges on the map: Gaelscoil an Bhradáin Feasa, Réalt na Mara and Drogheda Educate Together Secondary School.

Questions people ask

Where is Donacarney?
In County Meath, in the province of Leinster, 40 km north of Dublin and 40 km from Dublin, on the R150, L1611 and L16114.
How big is Donacarney?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 2,650 buildings, 44 named streets and 12 named places, which by building count makes it the 10th largest of the 52 settlements this site covers in County Meath.
What is there to see in Donacarney?
51 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Donacarney Castle (ruin), St John's Well and Beaulieu House and Gardens.
How do you get to Donacarney?
4 bus and train lines call at 17 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.
2,650
buildings on the model
44
named streets
12
named places
23
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 Q4166030). 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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