About Glenbrien
Glenbrien, Gleann Bhriain in Irish, is a village in County Wexford, 47 km north-east of Waterford. It stands on the L2040. The map gives it 492 buildings and 2 named streets, with 3 places named on them in 18 kinds, and 109 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 56th largest of the 106 settlements this site covers in County Wexford.
- Where
- 47 km north-east of Waterford, 100 km from Dublin
- Position
- 52.4610° N, 6.5015° W
- Roads
- L2040
- Governed
- Wexford County Council, in the province of Leinster
- On the model
- 492 buildings, 2 streets, 3 named places in 18 kinds
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.
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. Peter's Well1.1 kmHoly wells
- Scurlocksbush Hill2.5 kmHills
- MacMahon Mausoleum3.5 kmMonuments
- St. Mary's Well3.6 kmHoly wells
- St. Kieran's Well3.7 kmHoly wells
- Toberakilleen4.4 kmHoly wells
- Ballymoty Motte5.7 kmRingforts and sites
- Vinegar Hill5.7 kmRingforts and sites
- Battle of Vinegar Hill, 17985.8 kmMonuments
- Saint David6.0 kmShrines
- Saint David's Well6.0 kmHoly wells
- National 1798 Centre6.1 kmMuseums
Getting around
The map records the L2040 running through Glenbrien.
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 (item Q87651991). 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.