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About Ferbane

Ferbane, An Féar Bán in Irish, is a town in County Offaly, 79 km north-west of Kilkenny. It stands on the N62, R436 and R437. The map gives it 1,878 buildings and 8 named streets, with 59 places named on them in 42 kinds, and 56 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 6th largest of the 37 settlements this site covers in County Offaly.

Where
79 km north-west of Kilkenny, 104 km from Dublin
Position
53.2716° N, 7.8278° W, 50 m above sea level
Roads
N62, R436, R437 and L3004
Governed
Offaly County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
1,878 buildings, 8 streets, 59 named places in 42 kinds
Gallen Church bullaun
Gallen Church bullaun·A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The parochial Church of Ferbane, Boora and High Street
The parochial Church of Ferbane, Boora and High Street·DiarmuidC15, 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 56 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the N62, R436, R437 and L3004 running through Ferbane. 6 car parks on the map.

By bus or train

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

Schools and services

3 school or colleges on the map: St. Cynocs National School, St. Cynocs Junior National School and Gallen Secondary School.

Questions people ask

Where is Ferbane?
In County Offaly, in the province of Leinster, 79 km north-west of Kilkenny and 104 km from Dublin, on the N62, R436 and R437.
How big is Ferbane?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 1,878 buildings, 8 named streets and 59 named places, which by building count makes it the 6th largest of the 37 settlements this site covers in County Offaly.
What is there to see in Ferbane?
56 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Ferbane Play Ground, Church of Ireland and Gallen.
How do you get to Ferbane?
3 bus and train lines call at 4 stops here in the published timetable, run by Bus Éireann, TFI Local Link Laois Offaly and Westlink Coaches.
Has County Offaly grown or shrunk?
The census counted 146,857 people in the county in 1841 and 83,150 in 2022.
1,878
buildings on the model
8
named streets
59
named places
42
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 Q2628475). 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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