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About Tinahely

Tinahely, Tigh na hÉille in Irish, is a town in County Wicklow, 56 km east of Kilkenny. It stands on the R747, L3205 and L3206. The map gives it 1,134 buildings and 35 named streets, with 28 places named on them in 27 kinds, and 68 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 14th largest of the 45 settlements this site covers in County Wicklow.

Population
1,037, as the map records it
Where
56 km east of Kilkenny, 63 km from Dublin
Position
52.7995° N, 6.4636° W, 116 m above sea level
Roads
R747, L3205, L3206 and L3216
Governed
Wicklow County Council, in the province of Leinster
On the model
1,134 buildings, 35 streets, 28 named places in 27 kinds
Tinahely Market House at Dwyer Square, built c. 1820 and initially also used as sessions house.
Tinahely Market House at Dwyer Square, built c. 1820 and initially also used as sessions house.·Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
St. Kevin's Church, Kilavaney parish, in the Diocese of Ferns. It is located in the southern Wicklow village of Tinahely.
St. Kevin's Church, Kilavaney parish, in the Diocese of Ferns. It is located in the southern Wicklow village of Tinahely.·Laurel Lodged, public domain 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 68 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the R747, L3205, L3206 and L3216 running through Tinahely.

By bus or train

3 lines call at 6 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 Tinahely?
In County Wicklow, in the province of Leinster, 56 km east of Kilkenny and 63 km from Dublin, on the R747, L3205 and L3206.
How big is Tinahely?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 1,134 buildings, 35 named streets and 28 named places, which by building count makes it the 14th largest of the 45 settlements this site covers in County Wicklow.
What is there to see in Tinahely?
68 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Activity Barn, Killaveny Wood and Muskeagh Hill.
How do you get to Tinahely?
3 bus and train lines call at 6 stops here in the published timetable, run by 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.
1,134
buildings on the model
35
named streets
28
named places
27
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 Q1970360). 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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