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About Rhode

Rhode, Ród in Irish, is a village in County Offaly, 62 km west of Dublin, with 811 people at the 2016 census. It stands on the R400. The map gives it 925 buildings and 2 named streets, with 7 places named on them in 17 kinds, and 50 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 10th largest of the 37 settlements this site covers in County Offaly.

Population
811 at the 2016 census
Where
62 km west of Dublin
Position
53.3496° N, 7.1990° W, 102 m above sea level
Area
0.7 km²
Roads
R400
Governed
Offaly County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
925 buildings, 2 streets, 7 named places in 17 kinds
The Village Inn, Killeen's of Rhode
The Village Inn, Killeen's of Rhode·Robin Pollard, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
County Offaly, Rhode Bridge.
County Offaly, Rhode Bridge.·Royalcanalrunner, 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 50 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the R400 running through Rhode.

By bus or train

2 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: Rhode NS.

Questions people ask

Where is Rhode?
In County Offaly, in the province of Leinster, 62 km west of Dublin and 62 km from Dublin, on the R400.
How big is Rhode?
811 people at the 2016 census. On the map it is 925 buildings and 2 named streets.
What is there to see in Rhode?
50 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Clonin Earthworks, Victoria Plantation and Toberdaly Castle ruins.
How do you get to Rhode?
2 bus and train lines call at 4 stops here in the published timetable, run by Go-Ahead Ireland and TFI Local Link Laois Offaly.
Has County Offaly grown or shrunk?
The census counted 146,857 people in the county in 1841 and 83,150 in 2022.
925
buildings on the model
2
named streets
7
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 Q3777971). 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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