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About Newcastle

Newcastle, An Caisleán Nua in Irish, is a village in County Wicklow, 34 km south-east of Dublin. It stands on the N11 and R772. The map gives it 571 buildings and 16 named streets, with 24 places named on them in 26 kinds, and 77 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 20th largest of the 45 settlements this site covers in County Wicklow.

Where
34 km south-east of Dublin
Position
53.0711° N, 6.0639° W, 50 m above sea level
Roads
N11 and R772
Governed
Wicklow County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
571 buildings, 16 streets, 24 named places in 26 kinds
Newcastle, County Wicklow Approaching from the south on the R761.
Newcastle, County Wicklow Approaching from the south on the R761.·Sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
County Wicklow, Newcastle Church.
County Wicklow, Newcastle Church.·Jonjobaker, CC BY-SA 4.0 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 77 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the N11 and R772 running through Newcastle.

By bus or train

2 lines call at 8 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.

Schools and services

1 school or college on the map: St Francis National School.

Questions people ask

Where is Newcastle?
In County Wicklow, in the province of Leinster, 34 km south-east of Dublin and 34 km from Dublin, on the N11 and R772.
How big is Newcastle?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 571 buildings, 16 named streets and 24 named places, which by building count makes it the 20th largest of the 45 settlements this site covers in County Wicklow.
What is there to see in Newcastle?
77 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Newcastle Heritage Walk, Ringfort and Gallows Hill.
How do you get to Newcastle?
2 bus and train lines call at 8 stops here in the published timetable, run by Bus Átha Cliath – Dublin Bus and Go-Ahead Ireland.
Has County Wicklow grown or shrunk?
The census counted 126,143 people in the county in 1841 and 155,851 in 2022.
571
buildings on the model
16
named streets
24
named places
26
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 Q4328359). 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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