Place:


Hacketstown  County Carlow

 
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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Hacketstown like this:

Hacketstown, vil., co. Carlow, and par., partly also in co. Wicklow -- par., 11,617 ac., pop. 2500; vil., on river Derreen, 7 miles NW. of Tinahely sta., pop. 721; P.O. Market-day, Thursday. Hacketstown was twice attacked by the insurgents in 1798.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hacketstown, in and County Carlow | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/27746

Date accessed: 05th May 2024

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