Month: May 2020

Carlow Attractions
Towns and Village

Top 10 Attractions of Carlow Town

Carlow (irish Ceatharlach) is the county town of County Carlow, in the south-east of Ireland, 84 km from Dublin. The M9 motorway means Carlow is about an hour’s drive from Dublin. From where comes name of Carlow? The name is an anglicisation of the Irish Ceatharlach. Historically, it was anglicised as Caherlagh, Caterlagh and Catherlagh, […]

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Churches

St. Mary`s Church of Ireland

Carlow was an important town in the Middle Ages and his parish church stood then in the place currently occupied by St. Mary`s Church of Ireland, also called the parish church of the Virgin Mary. Therefore St. Marys Church of Ireland is in a place that has been of great religious significance for centuries. In […]

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The Assembly Rooms

Assembly Rooms is another place in Carlow associated with the outstanding Irish playwright. George Bernard Shaw, Nobel Prize winner in literature in 1925 and Oscar winner in 1938 for the “best screenplay adapted” to the film Pygmalion, was born in 1856 in Dublin. Since 1876 he lived in London and traveled a lot around the […]

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Top 10 of Carlow Town

Carlow Town Hall

For over one hundred and twenty years the Town Hall continues to be at the centre of local gouverment administration in Carlow. Carlow Town Hall was constructed according to the plans of the architect William Hague, Dublin. In March 1886 Carlow Town Commissioners officialy oppened newly construed Town Hall. During 2005–2006 Carlow Town Council refurbished […]

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Carlow Railway Station

Carlow Railway Station was built in 1845. It was designed by the outstanding railway engineer Sir John MacNeill. The station is located on St Joseph’s Road and Railway Road, on the line connecting Dublin and Waterford. Most of the station’s original buildings have survived to this day. These buildings are built of yellow brick and […]

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Shopping
Top 10 of Carlow Town

Carlow Shopping Centre

A perfect example of a mix of history and modernity. Carlow Shopping Centre was established on the site of the former “The Old Carlow Gaol” (1700s.) – the Old Jail in Carlow town. The entrance, which now leads to the Carlow Shopping Centre was originally the main gate of the Old Jail. The jail was […]

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Convents

St Leo’s Convent of Mercy

`A leisurely stroll through the streets of Carlow Town reveals a rich ecclesiastical history. This stretches all the way back to the sixth century when St. Croine Bheag, a female recluse, was associated with the area now known as Templecroney near the Haymarket. Tradition holds that it was she who advised St. Columbanus (St. Laserian’s […]

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Photos

A little bit of greenery & nature from my backyard

In Ireland greenery is all over the year. Only the tint of green change during the four seasons. I`am lucky I can live close to nature and I love to take photos of nature. Sun, blue sky and a little bit of flowers from my backyard. Below photos taken in April 2020. A little bit […]

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Convents
Museums
Top 10 of Carlow Town

Carlow County Museum

Counties Museums covers 13 objects throughout Ireland, their role is to collect, store, document and present the historical and cultural heritage of individual counties. Carlow County Museum is the newest County Museum in Ireland, opened in 2012. It is located in a former monastery in the very centre of Carlow Town. This museum was designated […]

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Must visit place in Carlow
Top 10 of Carlow Town

VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art

VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art & The George Bernard Shaw Theatre is the largest exhibition space for contemporary visual art in County Carlow. It covers an area of 3130 m². There are four main galleries, theatre, restaurant, bar, bookstore and workshop rooms. The centre is located in the heart of Carlow, next to Carlow College […]

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