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County Wexford · Leinster

About Kilmore Quay

Kilmore Quay, Cé na Cille Móire in Irish, is a village in County Wexford, 37 km east of Waterford. It stands on the R739, L3056 and L30564. The map gives it 613 buildings and 9 named streets, with 38 places named on them in 34 kinds, and 72 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 38th largest of the 106 settlements this site covers in County Wexford.

Population
447, as the map records it
Where
37 km east of Waterford, 133 km from Dublin
Position
52.1730° N, 6.5891° W
Roads
R739, L3056 and L30564
Governed
Wexford County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
613 buildings, 9 streets, 38 named places in 34 kinds
Fishing boats including Rylenna-C (WD243) and Eilidh-C (WD224) in Kilmore Quay Harbour, looking north.
Fishing boats including Rylenna-C (WD243) and Eilidh-C (WD224) in Kilmore Quay Harbour, looking north.·Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
RNLI Lifeboat Station Kilmore Quay Co. Wexford May 2025
RNLI Lifeboat Station Kilmore Quay Co. Wexford May 2025·Ojsyork, CC BY 4.0 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 72 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the R739, L3056 and L30564 running through Kilmore Quay.

By bus or train

1 line calls at 3 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 Kilmore Quay?
In County Wexford, in the province of Leinster, 37 km east of Waterford and 133 km from Dublin, on the R739, L3056 and L30564.
How big is Kilmore Quay?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 613 buildings, 9 named streets and 38 named places, which by building count makes it the 38th largest of the 106 settlements this site covers in County Wexford.
What is there to see in Kilmore Quay?
72 things the map records in and around it, the closest being The Norman Way, Fishing Hotspots and EuroVelo 1 Cycle Route.
How do you get to Kilmore Quay?
1 bus and train line calls at 3 stops here in the published timetable, run by Wexford Bus.
Has County Wexford grown or shrunk?
The census counted 202,033 people in the county in 1841 and 163,919 in 2022.
613
buildings on the model
9
named streets
38
named places
34
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 Q4220556). 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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