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County Monaghan · Ulster

About Smithborough

Smithborough, Na Mullaí in Irish, is a village in County Monaghan, 111 km north-west of Dublin. It stands on the N54 and L2150. The map gives it 771 buildings and 10 named streets, with 18 places named on them in 25 kinds, and 226 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 11th largest of the 24 settlements this site covers in County Monaghan.

Population
495, as the map records it
Where
111 km north-west of Dublin
Position
54.2214° N, 7.0978° W
Roads
N54 and L2150
Governed
Monaghan County Council, in the province of Ulster
On the model
771 buildings, 10 streets, 18 named places in 25 kinds

County Monaghan 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.

200,44245,73265,28818412022

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 226 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the N54 and L2150 running through Smithborough.

By bus or train

4 lines call at 2 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.

Schools and services

1 school or college on the map: Scoil Mhuire Machaire Áirne.

Questions people ask

Where is Smithborough?
In County Monaghan, in the province of Ulster, 111 km north-west of Dublin and 111 km from Dublin, on the N54 and L2150.
How big is Smithborough?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 771 buildings, 10 named streets and 18 named places, which by building count makes it the 11th largest of the 24 settlements this site covers in County Monaghan.
What is there to see in Smithborough?
226 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Magherarny Lough, Billary Lough and Clen Lough.
How do you get to Smithborough?
4 bus and train lines call at 2 stops here in the published timetable, run by Bus Éireann, McConnon Travel and TFI Local Link Cavan Monaghan.
Has County Monaghan grown or shrunk?
The census counted 200,442 people in the county in 1841 and 65,288 in 2022.
771
buildings on the model
10
named streets
18
named places
25
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 Q955076). 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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