A vision of Ireland through time
A vision of Ireland from 1821 onwards.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Ireland through time
A vision of Ireland from 1821 onwards.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Carlow.-- Inland co. of Leinster province, and, with the exception of Louth, the smallest co. in Ireland; is surrounded by cos. Kildare, Wicklow, Wexford, Kilkenny, and Queen's co.; greatest length, N. and S., 33 miles; greatest breadth, E. and W., 20 miles; average breadth, 10 miles; area, 221,344 ac. (498 water), or a little over 1 per cent. of the total area of Ireland; pop. 46,568,88.5 per cent. of whom are Roman Catholics, 10.8 Protestant Episcopalians, 0.2 Presbyterians, and 0.3 Methodists. Nearly the whole surface is flat or gently undulating. The Comer Hills (1047 ft.) occupy a small part of the NW., while the Blackstairs Mountains (2409 ft.) and Mount Leinster (2610 ft.) rise on the SE. boundary. The rivers are the Barrow with its affluent the Burren, and the Slaney with its affluent the Derreen. Limestone is abundant, and marble is quarried. The soil is generally very rich, and well adapted for pasture or tillage. (For agricultural statistics, see Appendix.) The co. comprises 7 bars.-- Carlow, Forth, Idrone (East and West), Rathvilly, St Mullin's (Lower and Upper); 35 pars., and parts of 12 other pars.; and the towns of Carlow (the greater part of) and Bagenalstown. It returns 1 member to Parliament.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "Inland county" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 2nd order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Carlow IrlC |
| Place: | County Carlow |
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