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About Dunlavin

Dunlavin, Dún Luáin in Irish, is a village in County Wicklow, 44 km south-west of Dublin. It stands on the R412, R756 and L4307. The map gives it 565 buildings and 15 named streets, with 18 places named on them in 24 kinds, and 81 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 21th largest of the 45 settlements this site covers in County Wicklow.

Where
44 km south-west of Dublin
Position
53.0576° N, 6.7016° W, 158 m above sea level
Roads
R412, R756, L4307 and L4309
Governed
Wicklow County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
565 buildings, 15 streets, 18 named places in 24 kinds
The fairgreen at Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow. Best known for the mass executions that took place here on 24 May 1798.
The fairgreen at Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow. Best known for the mass executions that took place here on 24 May 1798.·Ridiculopathy, CC0 via Wikimedia Commons
The fairgreen at Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow. Best known for the mass executions that took place here on 24 May 1798.
The fairgreen at Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow. Best known for the mass executions that took place here on 24 May 1798.·Ridiculopathy, CC0 via Wikimedia Commons

County Wicklow 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.

155,85157,591126,14318412022

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 81 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the R412, R756, L4307 and L4309 running through Dunlavin. 2 car parks on the map.

By bus or train

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

Schools and services

1 school or college on the map: Jonathan Swift National School.

Questions people ask

Where is Dunlavin?
In County Wicklow, in the province of Leinster, 44 km south-west of Dublin and 44 km from Dublin, on the R412, R756 and L4307.
How big is Dunlavin?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 565 buildings, 15 named streets and 18 named places, which by building count makes it the 21th largest of the 45 settlements this site covers in County Wicklow.
What is there to see in Dunlavin?
81 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Memorial to 1798 rebellion, Fair Green and Well.
How do you get to Dunlavin?
2 bus and train lines call at 2 stops here in the published timetable, run by TFI Local Link Carlow Kilkenny Wicklow and TFI Local Link Kildare South Dublin.
Has County Wicklow grown or shrunk?
The census counted 126,143 people in the county in 1841 and 155,851 in 2022.
565
buildings on the model
15
named streets
18
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 Q2086135). 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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