Carlow Attractions

Carlow Attractions

Shamrock Plaza on Shamrock Square

Shamrock (irish seamróg) is a three-leaf clover ☘ a symbol of Ireland. According to legend, Saint Patrick used it by showing this plant as one stem with three leaves to depict the essence of the Holy Trinity. On St. Patrick’s (17th March), shamrock is worn in lapel clothes by Irish people around the world. It […]

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Deighton Memorial Hall

Now it is one of the sad and derelict, historic buildings in Carlow Town. Deighton Memorial Hall is located on the corner of Burrin Street and Kennedy Avenue. It was built around the mid 1700′s. Half of the building was demolished in the 1920′s in order to install bathrooms and a kitchen. The building has […]

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Wellington Bridge

Wellington Bridge or commonly called Graiguecullen Bridge is one of the oldest and the lowest bridges on the River Barrow. This bridge link’s Carlow Town with Graiguecullen. It is a stone five-arch bridge. It was built in 1569. In 1815 the bridge was rebuilt and widened. It was named Wellington Bridge in honor of the […]

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River Burren

Third largest river after River Slaney and River Barrow which flows through the County of Carlow is River Burren. Length of the river Burren is 39 kilometres (24 miles). The River Burren flows through the Carlow town. Burren River has its source located on the north face of Mount Leinster. Then it flows northward under […]

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Museums

Tullow Museum

Beside the River Slaney Bridge in the town of Tullow is located small museum. Tullow Museum is housed in an attractive, stone built, former Methodist Church at the River Slaney Bridge. The Museum features a splendid collection of artefacts reflecting local history, in particular Fr. Murphy’s connection with the town, including what are alleged to […]

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Towns and Village

Tullow – the second largest town in County Carlow

Second largest town after Carlow town in County Carlow, Ireland is Tullow. Tullow in irish An Tulach, meaning ‘The Mound’, formerly Tulach Ó bhFéidhlim. It is a small market town located on the River Slaney Valley in the midst of rich, fertile agricultural land, where the N81 road intersects with the R725. Tullow is located […]

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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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