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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.
[edit] Towns and villages in County Carlow
[edit] People
| Historical populations |
| Year |
Pop. |
%± |
| 1653 |
4,969 |
— |
| 1659 |
5,434 |
9.4% |
| 1821 |
78,952 |
1352.9% |
| 1831 |
81,988 |
3.8% |
| 1841 |
86,228 |
5.2% |
| 1851 |
68,078 |
−21.0% |
| 1861 |
57,137 |
−16.1% |
| 1871 |
51,650 |
−9.6% |
| 1881 |
46,568 |
−9.8% |
| 1891 |
40,936 |
−12.1% |
| 1901 |
37,748 |
−7.8% |
| 1911 |
36,252 |
−4.0% |
| 1926 |
34,476 |
−4.9% |
| 1936 |
34,452 |
−0.1% |
| 1946 |
34,081 |
−1.1% |
| 1951 |
34,162 |
0.2% |
| 1956 |
33,888 |
−0.8% |
| 1961 |
33,342 |
−1.6% |
| 1966 |
33,593 |
0.8% |
| 1971 |
34,237 |
1.9% |
| 1979 |
38,668 |
12.9% |
| 1981 |
39,820 |
3.0% |
| 1986 |
40,988 |
2.9% |
| 1991 |
40,942 |
−0.1% |
| 1996 |
41,616 |
1.6% |
| 2002 |
46,014 |
10.6% |
| 2006 |
50,349 |
9.4% |
| [1] |
- Lisa Burke - weather forecaster - Sky News.
- Pierce Butler, soldier, planter, and statesman, recognized as one of United States' Founding Fathers. He represented South Carolina in the Continental Congress and the U.S. Senate.
- 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.
- William Dargan, engineer, often seen as the father of Irish railways
- Irish TV Travel presenter Kathryn Thomas is from Blackbog Road, Carlow town, and studied at Institute of Technology, Carlow
- Richie Kavanagh, "Comic" songwriter, from Raheenwood, Fenagh, Co. Carlow.
- John Tyndall, the 19th century scientist who was the first to explain why the sky is blue
- Saoirse Ronan, Oscar and Golden Globe nominated child actress
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ [http://www.cso.ie/census for post 1821 figures, 1653 and 1659 figures from Civil Survey Census of those years, Paper of Mr Hardinge to Royal Irish Academy March 14 1865, For a discussion on he accuracy of pre-famine census returns see JJ Lee “On the accuracy of the Pre-famine Irish censuses Irish Population, Economy and Society edited by JM Goldstrom and LA Clarkson (1981) p54, in and also New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700-1850 by Joel Mokyr and Cormac O Grada in The Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 4 (Nov., 1984), pp. 473-488. ]
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Coordinates: 52°40′N 6°50′W / 52.667°N 6.833°W / 52.667; -6.833
