Durrow

Durrow is a village located in south-east , . Bypassed by the M8 motorway on 28 May 2010, the village is located on the R639 road at its junction with the N77.
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  • Type: Town with 835 residents
  • Description: town in County Laois, Ireland
  • Also known as: Durrow, County Laois
  • Historically known as: Darmhagh Ua nDuach

Places of Interest

Highlights include Durrow Church and Castle Durrow.

Church
Photo: A.-K. D., CC0.

House
is an 18th-century country house in Durrow, County Laois, . The house was built in the pre-Palladian design and formal gardens that were popular in the 18th century.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ballacolla and Cullohill.

Village
, officially Ballycolla, is a village in , . It sits at the crossroads of the R433 and R434 regional roads, 8 km southwest of and 4 km northeast of junction 3 of the M8 motorway. is situated 5 km northwest of Durrow.

Village
Abbeyleix is a town in in the midlands of Ireland, with a population of 1770 in 2016. The abbey was Cistercian, founded in 1183 in the valley of the River Nore, and the original settlement grew up around it. is situated 6 km southwest of Durrow.

Village
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Castlecomer is the largest town in north in southeast Ireland, with a population in 2016 of about 1500. In Irish Caisleán an Chomair is "castle of the confluence", meaning the Norman castle at the confluence of the Dinin, Brocagh and Cloghogue small rivers. is situated 8 km southeast of Durrow.

Durrow

Latitude
52.84566° or 52° 50′ 44″ north
Longitude
-7.39571° or 7° 23′ 45″ west
Population
835
Elevation
85 metres (279 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IE DOW
Open location code
9C4JRJW3+7P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52222675
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2964468
Wiki­data ID
Q1267497
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Swedish—“Durrow” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Durrow
  • Basque: Durrow
  • Cebuano: Durrow
  • Dutch: Durrow
  • German: Durrow
  • Irish: Darú, Contae Laoise
  • Irish: Darú
  • Lithuanian: Darou
  • Lithuanian: Djurovas
  • Lithuanian: Durrow
  • Polish: Durrow
  • Russian: Дарроу
  • Silesian: Durrow
  • Spanish: Durrow
  • Swedish: Darú
  • Swedish: Durrow
  • Durrow

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Durrow Library and Durrow Post Office.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Durrow”. Photo: Peter Clarke, CC BY 3.0.