Carlow Ceatharlach
Location
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 52°49′50″N 6°55′54″W / 52.8306, -6.9317
Irish Grid Reference S724771
Statistics
Province:	Leinster
County:	County Carlow
Elevation:	57 m
Population (2006)	20,724
Website: www.carlow.ie

The Cathedral in Carlow, seat of the Catholic Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin

Carlow (Irish: Ceatharlach, meaning Four-part Lake) is an inland town in the south-east of Ireland in County Carlow, 84 km from Dublin. The River Barrow flows through the town. The town numbers about 20,000 people - 3,000 of whom are students. The river forms the historic boundary between County Laois and Carlow: the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 included the town entirely in Carlow. Carlow is a municipality in the Nordwestmecklenburg district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. ... Image File history File links Carlowtownlogo. ... Bullet for locations in Ireland, displays location and not area. ... Image File history File links Ireland Map with County Carlow Magnified. ... GPS redirects here. ... The Irish national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Ireland. ... When under Gaelic rule, Ireland was divided into provinces to replace the earlier system of the túatha. ... Statistics Area: 19,774. ... For much of its history, the island of Ireland was divided into 32 counties (Irish language contae or condae, pronounced IPA: ). Two historical counties, County Desmond and County Coleraine, no longer exist, while several county names have changed. ... Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Carlow Code: CW Area: 896 km² Population (2006) 50,471 Website: www. ... Elevation histogram of the surface of the Earth – approximately 71% of the Earths surface is covered with water. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2112 × 2816 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2112 × 2816 pixel, file size: 1. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      This article is about a title... The Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin was established in the year A.D. 519 as the Diocese of Kildare and renamed as the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin in A.D. 1678. ... Ronda, Spain Main street in Bastrop, Texas, United States, a small town A town is a community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ... Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Carlow Code: CW Area: 896 km² Population (2006) 50,471 Website: www. ... Dublin city centre at night WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Statistics Province: Leinster County: Dáil Éireann: Dublin Central, Dublin North Central, Dublin North East, Dublin North West, Dublin South Central, Dublin South East European Parliament: Dublin Dialling Code: +353 1 Postal District(s): D1-24, D6W Area: 114. ... The River Barrow (Irish: Abhainn na Bearú or An Bhearú) is a river in Ireland. ... Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Portlaoise Code: LS Area: 1,719 km² Population (2006) 69,012 Website: www. ... The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 a piece of legislation passed as an Act of Parliament by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1898, to establish a system of local government in Ireland on lines similar that had been recently created in Great Britain at the time. ...

History

The Carlow area has been settled for thousands of years. St Mullins monastery is believed to have been established in the vicinity in the 7th century. Carlow Castle was constructed by William Marshal, Earl of Striguil and Lord of Lesinter c.1207-13 to guard the vital river crossing. Over the following centuries many other historic buildings were erected. Ballyloughan Castle, Ballymoon Castle, Leighlinbridge Castle and Tower House were all built in the 14th century. Saint Patrick's College dates from 1793 and the Carlow Courthouse was constructed in the 19th century. There are still many old estates and houses in the surrounding areas, among them Duckett's Grove and Dunlecky Manor. St Mullins today houses a Heritage Centre. One of Carlow's main landmarks is the Brownshill Dolmen, situated on the Hacketstown Road (R726). Monastery of St. ... The 7th century is the period from 601 - 700 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. ... This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ... 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Brownshill Dolmen Gate-stone flanked by the two portal stones supporting the capstone The Brownshill Dolmen (Dolmain Chnoc an Bhrúnaigh in Irish) is situated 3 km east of Carlow Town in County Carlow, Ireland. ... R726 at Killerrig Cross Roads junction with the R418 R726 at Brownshill Dolmen The R726 is a regional road which runs west-east from the N9 in Carlow, County Carlow to the N81 near Rathvilly, County Carlow. ...

The town is recalled in the famous Irish folk song, "Follow me up to Carlow", written in the nineteenth century about the Battle of Glenmalure, part of the Desmond Rebellions of the late 16th century. In 1650, during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, Carlow was besieged and taken by English Parliamentarian forces, hastening the end of the Siege of Waterford and the capitulation of that city. During the 1798 rebellion Carlow was the scene of a vicious massacre of 600 rebels and civilians following an unsuccessful attack on the town by the United Irishmen. Carlow town is County Carlow's main town. Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. ... Follow Me Up to Carlow is an Irish folk song celebrating the defeat 3,000 English soldiers by Fiach (Feach) McHugh OByrne at the Battle of Glenmalure, during the Second Desmond Rebellion in 1580. ... This article needs cleanup. ... The Desmond Rebellions occurred in the 1569- 1573 and 1579-1583 in Munster in southern Ireland. ... Combatants English Royalists and Irish Catholic Confederate troops English Parliamentarian New Model Army troops and allied Protestants in Ireland Commanders James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde (1649 - December 1650) Ulick Burke, Earl of Clanricarde (December 1650-April 1653) Oliver Cromwell (1649-May 1650) Henry Ireton (May 1650-November 1651) Charles... The city of Waterford in south eastern Ireland was besieged from 1649-50 during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. ... Combatants United Irishmen French First Republic Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Commanders Local leaders, General Humbert Cornwallis Lake Strength  ? Various, at peak mid-June c. ... A rebellion is, in the most general sense, a refusal to accept authority. ... The Society of the United Irishmen was a political organisation in eighteenth century Ireland that sought independence from Great Britain. ...

Transport & communications

• Carlow lies on the N9 road from Dublin to Waterford. The town is also connected to the national rail network. These transport links have helped Carlow to become a successful satellite town of Dublin in recent years. The establishment of the Institute of Technology, Carlow, has also helped drive growth in the area and encouraged many school leavers to remain in the town.
• In April 2007, Carlow became the first town in Ireland to be completely wireless broadband enabled, by deploying a Wi-Fi mesh network ^[1].
• Carlow railway station opened on 4 August 1846 and was closed for goods traffic on 9 June 1976.^[2]

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Economy

Carlow industry has come a long way since the early 20th century, when the town became the centre of Ireland's slow process of industrialization with the creation of the Irish Sugar Company - then the cutting edge of industry in Ireland, the sugar factory opened in 1926 as a private enterprise and eventually became nationalised before reverting to privatisation. The sugar factory was closed on March 11, 2005 as the management of Greencore decided that it was no longer economical to run the factory nor was it viable to upgrade the facility - some have said that the decision was politically biased. The country's remaining plant at Mallow, County Cork closed in 2006. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... Greencore is a food company in Ireland. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nationalization is the act of taking assets into state ownership. ... Privatization (sometimes privatisation, denationalization, or — especially in India — disinvestment) is the process of transferring property, from public ownership to private ownership. ... is the 70th day of the year (71st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Greencore (LSE: GNC) is a food company in Ireland. ... Mallow is the common name of several closely related genera of plant in the family Malvaceae: Althaea – Marsh mallow Callirhoe – Poppy mallow Kosteletzkya – Seashore mallow Lavatera – Tree mallow or rose mallow Malacothamnus – Santa Cruz Island bush-mallow Malva – Mallow Malvaviscus – Turks cap mallow Sidalcea – Greek mallow Sphaeralcea – Globemallow Plants... Statistics Province: Munster County Town: Cork Code: C (CK proposed) Area: 7,457 km² Population (2006) 480,909 (including City of Cork); 361,766 (without Cork City) Website: www. ...

Today the principal employers in Carlow are OralB Braun, which has a large factory producing mostly hair dryers and electric toothbrushes, Läpple which produces car components and Burnside which produces hydraulic cylinders. The Institute of Technology is also a significant employer in the town. However apart from these the town shares problems associated with other provincial towns in Ireland - the inability to attract significant new industry. Braun in Kronberg   (German pronunciation brown, English pronunciation brawn) GmbH is a German consumer products company known for its clean industrial designs. ... Institute of Technology, Carlow (ITC), originally Regional Technical College, Carlow, is one of the original Regional Technical Colleges, it is located to the south of Carlow, Ireland on Kilkenny Road, it was the first such college located and announced. ...

• Carlow
• Ridge
• Bagenalstown

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Media

• The Carlow People Newspaper
• The Carlow Nationalist, Newspaper

Sport

• Carlow GAA Club
• Carlow Golf Club
• Carlow Rugby Club
• Carlow Tennis Club
• Tullow Rugby Club
• Carlow Rowing Club

Sister Cities

Carlow has a sister city with Tempe, Arizona, in the United States of America.^[3] Every year, four Irish students are paired with four American students, and they each spend five weeks in one anthers country. This student exchange is with the Tempe Sister Cities organization, which has been voted "Best Overall Sister City Program" in both 1998 and 2004. Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Tempe, Arizona

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See also

• List of towns in the Republic of Ireland
• Wikitravel on County Carlow
• Carlow Borough (UK Parliament constituency)

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External links

• Carlow Local Authorities
• Carlow Tourism
• Carlow County Enterprise Board
• Carlow Tourist Attractions

References