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About Strokestown

Strokestown, Béal na mBuillí in Irish, is a town in County Roscommon, 84 km north-east of Galway, with 773 people at the 2006 census. It stands on the N5 and R368. The map gives it 1,931 buildings and 6 named streets, with 39 places named on them in 26 kinds, and 105 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 5th largest of the 35 settlements this site covers in County Roscommon.

Population
773 at the 2006 census
Where
84 km north-east of Galway, 131 km from Dublin
Position
53.7766° N, 8.1022° W, 56 m above sea level
Roads
N5 and R368
Governed
Roscommon County Council, in the province of Connacht
On the model
1,931 buildings, 6 streets, 39 named places in 26 kinds
Strokestown Park Gates
Strokestown Park Gates·TISHMUR, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Church St, Strokestown The N5 runs through the centre of Strokestown
Church St, Strokestown The N5 runs through the centre of Strokestown·Sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

County Roscommon 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.

253,59151,89770,25918412022

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 105 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the N5 and R368 running through Strokestown.

By bus or train

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

Schools and services

2 school or colleges on the map: Scoil Mhuire Strokestown and St. Mary's Primary School, Strokestown,.

Questions people ask

Where is Strokestown?
In County Roscommon, in the province of Connacht, 84 km north-east of Galway and 131 km from Dublin, on the N5 and R368.
How big is Strokestown?
773 people at the 2006 census. On the map it is 1,931 buildings and 6 named streets.
What is there to see in Strokestown?
105 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Strokestown House, Strokestown Park and Strokestown House Gardens.
How do you get to Strokestown?
5 bus and train lines call at 4 stops here in the published timetable, run by Bus Éireann, TFI Local Link Longford Westmeath Roscommon and Westlink Coaches.
Has County Roscommon grown or shrunk?
The census counted 253,591 people in the county in 1841 and 70,259 in 2022.
1,931
buildings on the model
6
named streets
39
named places
26
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 Q2530386). 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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