County Carlow




"Carlow County" redirects here. For the UK Parliament constituency, see Carlow County (UK Parliament constituency).




County in the Republic of Ireland

Place in Leinster, Ireland





























































County Carlow


Contae Cheatharlach





Flag of County Carlow
Flag
Coat of arms of County Carlow
Coat of arms
Location of County Carlow
Country Ireland
Province Leinster
Dáil Éireann Carlow–Kilkenny
EU Parliament South
County town Carlow
Government

 • Type County Council
Area

 • Total 897 km2 (346 sq mi)
Area rank 31st
Population
(2016)[1]

 • Total 56,932
 • Rank 30th
 • Density 63/km2 (160/sq mi)
Vehicle index
mark code		 CW
Website www.carlow.ie



Windmill Hill, Enniscorthy, Blackstairs Mountains on the horizon.




























































































































































County Carlow (Irish: Contae Cheatharlach) is a county in Ireland, part of the South-East Region and the province of Leinster.[8] It is named after the town of Carlow, which lies on the River Barrow. Carlow County Council is the local authority. The population was 56,932 at the 2016 census.[1]




Contents






  • 1 Geography and political subdivisions


    • 1.1 Baronies


    • 1.2 Towns and villages




  • 2 Local government and politics


  • 3 Sport


  • 4 People


  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





Geography and political subdivisions


Carlow, or "Ceatharlach" originally part of the Norman Palantine-county of Leinster, became a separate county probably around 1306.[9] At that time it was larger than today, extending to and including the coastal area around Arklow, though control of this area became disputed with the Irish chieftains of the area. These areas were given over to County Wicklow in 1606-07.



Baronies


There are seven historic baronies in the county: Carlow, Forth, Idrone East, Idrone West, Rathvilly, St Mullin's Lower and St Mullin's Upper.



Towns and villages




  • Ardattin

  • Ballinkillin

  • Ballon

  • Ballymurphy

  • Borris

  • Carlow

  • Clonmore

  • Clonegal

  • Fennagh

  • Graiguecullen

  • Hacketstown

  • Kildavin

  • Muine Bheag

  • Myshall

  • Nurney

  • Old Leighlin

  • Rathvilly

  • Royal Oak

  • St Mullin's

  • Tinryland

  • Tullow




Local government and politics




The River Barrow in Carlow


See also: Local government in the Republic of Ireland

Local government in County Carlow is governed by the Local Government Acts, the most recent of which (Local Government Act 2001) established a two-tier structure of local government. The top tier of the structure consists of Carlow County Council. The second tier of local government consists of town councils. Outside the borough, the county council is solely responsible for local services.[10] Two towns in the county have town councils: Carlow and Muine Bheag. There are 21 councillors in the county council who are returned from five local electoral areas: Borris (3), Carlow East (4), Carlow West (5), Muine Bheag (4) and Tullow (4).[11][12] As the county is part of the South-East Region, some county councillors are also representatives on the South-East Regional Authority.


For elections to Dáil Éireann, Carlow is part of the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency which returns 5 TDs. The present form of the constituency was created for the 1948 general election.



Sport




  • F.C. Carlow are the local soccer team who compete in the A Championship


  • Carlow GAA are the county's Gaelic Athletic Association body which fields both hurling and football teams.



People




  • Pierce Butler - soldier, planter, and statesman, recognized as one of United States' Founding Fathers. He represented South Carolina in the Continental Congress and the United States Senate.


  • William Dargan - engineer, often seen as the father of Irish railways


  • James Fenelon - member of the Wisconsin State Assembly


  • Samuel Haughton - polymath, in 1866 published a formula for calculating the drop needed to cause instantaneous death at hangings


  • Richie Kavanagh - comic songwriter


  • Myles Keogh - American Civil War military officer and later Captain of Company I, U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment - Fought in Indian Wars and was killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876. He was born in Orchard, Leighlinbridge in 1840


  • Richard Montfort - architect and engineer, first Chief Engineer of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.


  • David Mullins - Irish jockey, notable for riding Rule The World to win the 2016 Grand National


  • Peter Murphy - radio and television broadcaster, presented RTÉ's Cross Country Quiz, was born in Carlow


  • Sean O'Brien - Leinster and Ireland international rugby player.


  • Frank O'Meara - Carlow-born artist known for his impressionist, plein air landscape painting


  • Mary O'Toole - first woman municipal judge in the United States


  • Saoirse Ronan - Oscar nominated and Golden Globe awarded actress


  • Derek Ryan - Country music singer & former member of Pop band D-side


  • Kathryn Thomas - RTÉ presenter


  • John Tyndall - the 19th century scientist who was the first to explain why the sky is blue



See also



  • List of abbeys and priories in Ireland (County Carlow)

  • Lord Lieutenant of Carlow

  • High Sheriff of Carlow



References





  1. ^ abc "Census 2016 Sapmap Area: County Carlow". Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Retrieved 22 November 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ For 1653 and 1659 figures from Civil Survey Census of those years, Paper of Mr Hardinge to Royal Irish Academy 14 March 1865.


  3. ^ Census for post 1821 figures.


  4. ^ http://www.histpop.org Archived 7 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine


  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 2010-08-12.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)


  6. ^ Lee, JJ (1981). "Pre-famine". In Goldstrom, J. M.; Clarkson, L. A. Irish Population, Economy, and Society: Essays in Honour of the Late K. H. Connell. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press.


  7. ^ Mokyr, Joel; O Grada, Cormac (November 1984). "New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700-1850". The Economic History Review. 37 (4): 473–488. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0289.1984.tb00344.x.


  8. ^ Wikisource Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Carlow (county)" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.


  9. ^ Desmond Roche, Local Government in Ireland, Dublin, 1982


  10. ^ "All Services". Carlow County Council. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
    [permanent dead link]


  11. ^ "2009 Local elections – Carlow County Council". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 27 March 2011.


  12. ^ Act of the Oireachtas: County of Carlow Local Electoral Areas Order 2008




External links














  • Carlow Local Authorities






Coordinates: 52°40′N 6°50′W / 52.667°N 6.833°W / 52.667; -6.833







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