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About Dunshaughlin

Dunshaughlin, Dún Seachlainn in Irish, is a town in County Meath, 26 km north-west of Dublin. It stands on the M3, R125 and R147. The map gives it 5,615 buildings and 88 named streets, with 146 places named on them in 80 kinds, and 84 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 5th largest of the 52 settlements this site covers in County Meath.

Population
6,644, as the map records it
Where
26 km north-west of Dublin
Position
53.5125° N, 6.5394° W, 105 m above sea level
Roads
M3, R125, R147, R154 and L2208
Governed
Meath County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
5,615 buildings, 88 streets, 146 named places in 80 kinds
Dunshaughlin, County Meath
Dunshaughlin, County Meath·Sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Bridge carrying the Dunshaughlin Road over the M3
Bridge carrying the Dunshaughlin Road over the M3·Eric Jones, 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 84 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the M3, R125, R147, R154 and L2208 running through Dunshaughlin. 6 car parks on the map.

By bus or train

9 lines call at 16 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.

Schools and services

5 school or colleges on the map.

Questions people ask

Where is Dunshaughlin?
In County Meath, in the province of Leinster, 26 km north-west of Dublin and 26 km from Dublin, on the M3, R125 and R147.
How big is Dunshaughlin?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 5,615 buildings, 88 named streets and 146 named places, which by building count makes it the 5th largest of the 52 settlements this site covers in County Meath.
What is there to see in Dunshaughlin?
84 things the map records in and around it, the closest being St. Seachnall's Church, Famine Pot and Ribstown Fort.
How do you get to Dunshaughlin?
9 bus and train lines call at 16 stops here in the published timetable, run by Bus Éireann, McCaffrey Coaches and Sillan Tours.
Has County Meath grown or shrunk?
The census counted 183,828 people in the county in 1841 and 220,826 in 2022.
5,615
buildings on the model
88
named streets
146
named places
80
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 Q267293). 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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