About Clonakenny
Clonakenny is a village in County Tipperary, 46 km north-west of Kilkenny. It stands on the N62. The map gives it 405 buildings and 2 named streets, with 3 places named on them in 16 kinds, and 53 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 61th largest of the 83 settlements this site covers in County Tipperary.
- Where
- 46 km north-west of Kilkenny, 117 km from Dublin
- Position
- 52.8754° N, 7.8339° W
- Roads
- N62
- Governed
- Tipperary County Council, in the province of Munster
- On the model
- 405 buildings, 2 streets, 3 named places in 16 kinds
Clonakenny in order
3 of the places on this map carry a date on Wikidata, running from the twelfth century to the 1400s. That is not a history of Clonakenny, 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 twelfth centuryMonaincha AbbeyHistoric churches · 9.8 km from the centre · national monument of Ireland
- the twelfth centuryRoscrea ChurchRuins · 9.3 km from the centre · national monument of Ireland
- the 1400sRoscrea AbbeyAbbeys · 8.9 km from the centre · national monument of Ireland
County Tipperary 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.
- St. Patrick's R.C. Chapel3.6 kmHistoric churches
- Holly Well3.6 kmHoly wells
- Rathnaveoge Church4.0 kmHistoric churches
- Ballynamoe Castle4.0 kmCastles
- Lisnageeha4.9 kmRingforts and sites
- Delany's Stone5.0 kmRingforts and sites
- College Hill5.2 kmHills
- Curraghbristy5.6 kmHills
- Black Hill6.1 kmHills
- Benduff6.3 kmHills
- Dermot & Grania's Bed6.4 kmRingforts and sites
- Borrisnoe Mountain6.7 kmHills
Getting around
The map records the N62 running through Clonakenny.
No stop here appears in the national timetable.
The map records no school inside the settlement.
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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.