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Westmeath
County Westmeath · Leinster

About Moate

Moate, An Móta in Irish, is a town in County Westmeath, 89 km north of Kilkenny. It stands on the R446, L1301 and L1303. The map gives it 1,999 buildings and 65 named streets, with 106 places named on them in 67 kinds, and 60 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 4th largest of the 38 settlements this site covers in County Westmeath.

Population
3,013, as the map records it
Where
89 km north of Kilkenny, 97 km from Dublin
Position
53.3962° N, 7.7241° W, 72 m above sea level
Area
1.943 km²
Roads
R446, L1301, L1303, L1305, L1307, L1315, L1433 and L1437
Governed
Westmeath County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
1,999 buildings, 65 streets, 106 named places in 67 kinds
Meet Moate's Main Street from the west! (26920278699)
Meet Moate's Main Street from the west! (26920278699)·National Library of Ireland on The Commons, no restrictions via Wikimedia Commons
Low bridge at Cartron Grange, Moate
Low bridge at Cartron Grange, Moate·Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

County Westmeath 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.

141,30052,86196,22118412022

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 60 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the R446, L1301, L1303, L1305, L1307, L1315, L1433 and L1437 running through Moate. 2 car parks on the map.

By bus or train

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

Schools and services

3 school or colleges on the map: Saint Oliver Plunkett National School, Moate Community School and Moate Business College.

Questions people ask

Where is Moate?
In County Westmeath, in the province of Leinster, 89 km north of Kilkenny and 97 km from Dublin, on the R446, L1301 and L1303.
How big is Moate?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 1,999 buildings, 65 named streets and 106 named places, which by building count makes it the 4th largest of the 38 settlements this site covers in County Westmeath.
What is there to see in Moate?
60 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Charles Bianconi, Tuar Ard Public Park and Old Rail Trail.
How do you get to Moate?
6 bus and train lines call at 3 stops here in the published timetable, run by Allen's Bus Hire, Bus Éireann and Citylink.
Has County Westmeath grown or shrunk?
The census counted 141,300 people in the county in 1841 and 96,221 in 2022.
1,999
buildings on the model
65
named streets
106
named places
67
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 Q1972395). 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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