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About Rathnew

Rathnew, Ráth Naoi in Irish, is a village in County Wicklow, 41 km south of Dublin, with 1,849 people at the 2006 census. It stands on the M11, L1100 and R750. The map gives it 2,388 buildings and 78 named streets, with 33 places named on them in 37 kinds, and 53 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 7th largest of the 45 settlements this site covers in County Wicklow.

Population
1,849 at the 2006 census
Where
41 km south of Dublin
Position
52.9949° N, 6.0821° W, 71 m above sea level
Roads
M11, L1100, R750, R761, R772, R999, L1098 and L5099
Governed
Wicklow County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
2,388 buildings, 78 streets, 33 named places in 37 kinds
Looking South geograph.org.uk 1801706
Looking South geograph.org.uk 1801706·sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Looking North From the R772 across Rathnew at the edge of Wicklow Town.
Looking North From the R772 across Rathnew at the edge of Wicklow Town.·Sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0 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 53 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the M11, L1100, R750, R761, R772, R999, L1098 and L5099 running through Rathnew.

By bus or train

7 lines call at 26 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.

Schools and services

4 school or colleges on the map: Gaelscoil Chill Mhantáin, Coláiste Chill Mhantáin, Coláiste Chill Mhantáin and Saint Coen's National School.

Questions people ask

Where is Rathnew?
In County Wicklow, in the province of Leinster, 41 km south of Dublin and 41 km from Dublin, on the M11, L1100 and R750.
How big is Rathnew?
1,849 people at the 2006 census. On the map it is 2,388 buildings and 78 named streets.
What is there to see in Rathnew?
53 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Broadlough Estuary, Mount Usher Gardens and Wicklow Reservoir.
How do you get to Rathnew?
7 bus and train lines call at 26 stops here in the published timetable, run by BIFE Bus, Bus Éireann and TFI Local Link Carlow Kilkenny Wicklow.
Has County Wicklow grown or shrunk?
The census counted 126,143 people in the county in 1841 and 155,851 in 2022.
2,388
buildings on the model
78
named streets
33
named places
37
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 Q2244788). 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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