About Castlebaldwin
Castlebaldwin, Béal Átha na gCarraigíní in Irish, is a village in County Sligo, 100 km north-east of Galway. It stands on the N4, L1403 and L1604. The map gives it 556 buildings and 7 named streets, with 13 places named on them in 21 kinds, and 113 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 18th largest of the 30 settlements this site covers in County Sligo.
- Where
- 100 km north-east of Galway, 161 km from Dublin
- Position
- 54.0796° N, 8.3763° W
- Roads
- N4, L1403 and L1604
- Governed
- Sligo County Council, in the province of Connacht
- On the model
- 556 buildings, 7 streets, 13 named places in 21 kinds
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Castlebaldwin in order
4 of the places on this map carry a date on Wikidata, running from the 40th century to 1590. That is not a history of Castlebaldwin, and it is not written as one: it is the order in which the things still standing were built, which is the part a map can actually tell you.
- the sixth centuryEmlaghfad Church (ruins)Ruins · 8.6 km from the centre
- 1300Ballymote CastleCastles · 9.4 km from the centre · national monument of Ireland
- 1590Ballinafad CastleCastles · 6.5 km from the centre · national monument of Ireland
- the 40th centuryCarrowkeel neolithic siteRingforts and sites · 2.5 km from the centre · national monument of Ireland
County Sligo 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.
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.
- Tober Bride320 mHoly wells
- Tober Murry330 mHoly wells
- Castle Baldwin470 mCastles
- Cleavry Lough710 mLakes
- Loughymeenaghan2.2 kmLakes
- Carrowkeel neolithic site2.5 kmRingforts and sites
- Heapstown Cairn2.5 kmRingforts and sites
- Cairn C2.5 kmRingforts and sites
- Cairn D2.5 kmRingforts and sites
- Lough Annaminvrack2.6 kmLakes
- Cairn G2.6 kmRingforts and sites
- Cairn H2.7 kmRingforts and sites
Getting around
The map records the N4, L1403 and L1604 running through Castlebaldwin.
2 lines call at 4 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.
1 school or college on the map: Cloghogue National School.
Questions people ask
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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. 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.