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County Carlow

 
Wikipedia: County Carlow
County Carlow
Contae Cheatharlach
Coat of arms of County Carlow
Location
centerMap highlighting County Carlow
Statistics
Province: Leinster
County seat: Carlow
Code: CW
Area: 896 km2 (346 sq mi)

Population (2006)

50,349
Website: www.countycarlow.ie

County Carlow (Irish: Contae Cheatharlach) is one of the traditional counties of Ireland. It is located within the province of Leinster. It was named after the town of Carlow (Irish: Ceatharlach). It has an overall population of 50,349, as of April 2006. The town of Carlow, built on the River Barrow, has a population of 20,724 (2006 Census).

County Carlow is also where the last grey wolf of Ireland was shot and killed.

Contents

Towns and villages in County Carlow

St. Mullin's Abbey, County Carlow.

People

See also

References

  1. ^ For 1653 and 1659 figures from Civil Survey Census of those years, Paper of Mr Hardinge to Royal Irish Academy March 14 1865.
  2. ^ Census for post 1821 figures.
  3. ^ http://www.histpop.org
  4. ^ http://www.nisranew.nisra.gov.uk/census
  5. ^ Lee, JJ (1981). "On the accuracy of the Pre-famine Irish censuses". 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. 
  6. ^ Mokyr, Joel; O Grada, Cormac (November), "New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700-1850", The Economic History Review Volume 37 (Issue 4): pp. 473-488, doi:10.1111/j.1468-0289.1984.tb00344.x, http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120035880/abstract 

External links

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


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