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County Offaly · Leinster

About Clara

Clara, Clóirtheach in Irish, is a town in County Offaly, 81 km north of Kilkenny. It stands on the R420, R436 and L2015. The map gives it 2,350 buildings and 48 named streets, with 57 places named on them in 47 kinds, and 83 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 4th largest of the 37 settlements this site covers in County Offaly.

Population
3,403, as the map records it
Where
81 km north of Kilkenny, 90 km from Dublin
Position
53.3425° N, 7.6139° W, 57 m above sea level
Roads
R420, R436, L2015 and L2029
Governed
Offaly County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
2,350 buildings, 48 streets, 57 named places in 47 kinds
Clara, County Offaly, near to Clara, Charlestown, Erry, Raheen and Bolart Bridge, Offaly, Ireland. Midlands industrial town.
Clara, County Offaly, near to Clara, Charlestown, Erry, Raheen and Bolart Bridge, Offaly, Ireland. Midlands industrial town.·sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Clara, St Brigid's Church of Ireland Church.
Clara, St Brigid's Church of Ireland Church.·Trenchspike, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

County Offaly 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.

146,85751,30883,15018412022

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 83 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the R420, R436, L2015 and L2029 running through Clara. 4 car parks on the map.

By bus or train

There is a station in the settlement. 4 lines call at 4 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.

Schools and services

1 school or college on the map: Árd Scoil Charáin Naofa.

Questions people ask

Where is Clara?
In County Offaly, in the province of Leinster, 81 km north of Kilkenny and 90 km from Dublin, on the R420, R436 and L2015.
How big is Clara?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 2,350 buildings, 48 named streets and 57 named places, which by building count makes it the 4th largest of the 37 settlements this site covers in County Offaly.
What is there to see in Clara?
83 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Saint Bridget's Abbey (ruins), Eelweir Hill and Clara Bog Boardwalk.
How do you get to Clara?
4 bus and train lines call at 4 stops here in the published timetable, run by Bus Éireann, Iarnród Éireann / Irish Rail and TFI Local Link Laois Offaly. There is a station in the settlement itself.
Has County Offaly grown or shrunk?
The census counted 146,857 people in the county in 1841 and 83,150 in 2022.
2,350
buildings on the model
48
named streets
57
named places
47
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 Q5953835). 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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