The Harrow

The Harrow is a locality in County Carlow, Leinster. The Harrow is situated nearby to the locality Orchard Bridge, as well as near the village Nurney.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St John’s Church and Leighlinbridge Castle.

St John’s Church

Church

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Leighlinbridge Castle

Ruins

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Leighlinbridge Castle, also called Black Castle, is in the village of Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, Ireland, on the River Barrow. The early castle was built c.1181 for the Normans. Leighlinbridge Castle is situated 3 km southwest of The Harrow.

Nurney Cross is a stone cross located in Nurney, County Carlow, Ireland, and is an early example of a high cross. The site was a monastic site founded by Abbán in the 5th century AD and the cross is believed to date from that time.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nurney and Leighlinbridge.

Nurney

Village

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Nurney is a village, civil parish and townland in County Carlow, Ireland.

Leighlinbridge

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Leighlinbridge is a town in County Carlow, with an ancient bridge over the River Barrow that's still in use. It stood astride the main Dublin-Waterford road until bypassed in the 1980s. In 2022 its population was less than 1,000.

Ballinabranagh

Village

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Ballinabranna or Ballinabrannagh is a small village in County Carlow, Ireland. It is located approximately 8 kilometres south of Carlow and 5 kilometres from Junction 6 of the M9 motorway. Ballinabranagh is situated 5 km northwest of The Harrow.

The Harrow

Type: Locality
Location: County Carlow, Leinster, Southeast Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.74741° or 52° 44′ 51″ north

Longitude

-6.9382° or 6° 56′ 18″ west

Elevation

55 metres (180 feet)

Open location code

9C4MP3W6+XP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 52226764

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

3302994

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