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County Wexford · Leinster

About Courtown

Courtown, Baile na Cúirte in Irish, is a village in County Wexford, 69 km east of Kilkenny, with 1,421 people at the 2006 census. It stands on the R742. The map gives it 1,148 buildings and 21 named streets, with 43 places named on them in 42 kinds, and 61 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 15th largest of the 106 settlements this site covers in County Wexford.

Population
1,421 at the 2006 census
Where
69 km east of Kilkenny, 78 km from Dublin
Position
52.6448° N, 6.2278° W, 6 m above sea level
Roads
R742
Governed
Wexford County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
1,148 buildings, 21 streets, 43 named places in 42 kinds
Harbour of Courtown / Ireland
Harbour of Courtown / Ireland·Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
No. 2 Dredger... (10666533056)
No. 2 Dredger... (10666533056)·National Library of Ireland on The Commons, no restrictions via Wikimedia Commons

County Wexford 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.

202,03383,308163,91918412022

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 61 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the R742 running through Courtown. 7 car parks on the map.

By bus or train

2 lines call at 13 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.

Schools and services

The map records no school inside the settlement.

Questions people ask

Where is Courtown?
In County Wexford, in the province of Leinster, 69 km east of Kilkenny and 78 km from Dublin, on the R742.
How big is Courtown?
1,421 people at the 2006 census. On the map it is 1,148 buildings and 21 named streets.
What is there to see in Courtown?
61 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Maritime Monument, Courtown Amusement Centre and Courttown Woodland Walking Trail map.
How do you get to Courtown?
2 bus and train lines call at 13 stops here in the published timetable, run by Gorey Bus Links and TFI Local Link Wexford.
Has County Wexford grown or shrunk?
The census counted 202,033 people in the county in 1841 and 163,919 in 2022.
1,148
buildings on the model
21
named streets
43
named places
42
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 Q2084249). 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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