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About Durrow

Durrow is a village in County Offaly, 78 km north of Kilkenny. It stands on the L2006. The map gives it 262 buildings and 1 named street, with 14 places named on them in 17 kinds, and 76 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 34th largest of the 37 settlements this site covers in County Offaly.

Where
78 km north of Kilkenny, 83 km from Dublin
Position
53.3304° N, 7.5107° W, 77 m above sea level
Roads
L2006
Governed
Offaly County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
262 buildings, 1 street, 14 named places in 17 kinds
Durrow Abbey on a frosty winter morning in Mid January 2013 in Durrow, County Offaly
Durrow Abbey on a frosty winter morning in Mid January 2013 in Durrow, County Offaly·Dalenevada, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Durrow Abbey
Durrow Abbey·Seán Dunne, 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 76 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the L2006 running through Durrow.

By bus or train

No stop here appears in the national timetable.

Schools and services

The map records no school inside the settlement.

Questions people ask

Where is Durrow?
In County Offaly, in the province of Leinster, 78 km north of Kilkenny and 83 km from Dublin, on the L2006.
How big is Durrow?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 262 buildings, 1 named street and 14 named places, which by building count makes it the 34th largest of the 37 settlements this site covers in County Offaly.
What is there to see in Durrow?
76 things the map records in and around it, the closest being St. Columbkille's Island, St. Columba's Well and Shonecourt or Meeneglish.
How do you get to Durrow?
No stop within 2 km of it appears in the national timetable. By road it is on the L2006.
Has County Offaly grown or shrunk?
The census counted 146,857 people in the county in 1841 and 83,150 in 2022.
262
buildings on the model
1
named streets
14
named places
17
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 Q4155117). 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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