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About Rochfortbridge

Rochfortbridge, Droichead Chaisleán Loiste in Irish, is a village in County Westmeath, 69 km west of Dublin. It stands on the L1127. The map gives it 980 buildings and 13 named streets, with 15 places named on them in 24 kinds, and 51 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 8th largest of the 38 settlements this site covers in County Westmeath.

Where
69 km west of Dublin
Position
53.4147° N, 7.2996° W, 32 m above sea level
Roads
L1127
Governed
Westmeath County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
980 buildings, 13 streets, 15 named places in 24 kinds
Exit Three ahead, near to Droichead Chaislean Loiste and Derrygreenagh, Westmeath, Ireland. Approaching Exit 3 on the N6 (now M6) in April 2007.
Exit Three ahead, near to Droichead Chaislean Loiste and Derrygreenagh, Westmeath, Ireland. Approaching Exit 3 on the N6 (now M6) in April 2007.·Sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Rochfortbridge, County Westmeath
Rochfortbridge, County Westmeath·Sarah777, 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 51 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the L1127 running through Rochfortbridge.

By bus or train

6 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: St. Joseph's Secondary School.

Questions people ask

Where is Rochfortbridge?
In County Westmeath, in the province of Leinster, 69 km west of Dublin and 69 km from Dublin, on the L1127.
How big is Rochfortbridge?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 980 buildings, 13 named streets and 15 named places, which by building count makes it the 8th largest of the 38 settlements this site covers in County Westmeath.
What is there to see in Rochfortbridge?
51 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Castlelost Castle, Dooneen Fort and White Well.
How do you get to Rochfortbridge?
6 bus and train lines call at 4 stops here in the published timetable, run by Allen's Bus Hire, Citylink and Kearns Transport.
Has County Westmeath grown or shrunk?
The census counted 141,300 people in the county in 1841 and 96,221 in 2022.
980
buildings on the model
13
named streets
15
named places
24
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 Q2084537). 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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