Bagenalstown

Muine Bheag, meaning "small thicket", is the official name of the town known in English as Bagenalstown. It's in and in 2022 it had a population of 3000.
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  • Type: Town with 2,840 residents
  • Description: town in county Carlow, Leinster, Ireland
  • Also known as: “Moneybeg”, “Muine Bheag”, “Muinebeag”, and “Muinebheag”
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Places of Interest

Highlights: Bagenalstown and St Andrew’s Church.

Railway station
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Muine Bheag halt serves the town of , in , . Nearby is in the same county. It is a station on the Dublin to Waterford intercity route.

Church
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Ruins
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, also called Black Castle, is in the village of , , , on the . The early castle was built c.1181 for the Normans. is situated 4 km north of Bagenalstown.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leighlinbridge and Royal Oak.

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is a town in , 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.

Village
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is a small village in , . It is on the west side of the , across from Bagenalstown, and is off the former N9 road. It is not in or a part of Bagenalstown. is within the townland of Clorusk.

Village
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is a small village in in . is located at the junction of the N9 and N10 National primary roads. It is 21 km south of and 19 km east of . is situated 5 km southwest of Bagenalstown.

Bagenalstown

Latitude
52.7018° or 52° 42′ 7″ north
Longitude
-6.9567° or 6° 57′ 24″ west
Population
2,840
Elevation
49 metres (161 feet)
UN/LOCODE
IE BAG
Open location code
9C4MP22V+P8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52269076
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2966800
Wiki­data ID
Q735855
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Urdu—“Bagenalstown” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Muine Bheag”
  • Basque: “Muine Bheag”
  • Catalan: “Muine Bheag”
  • Cebuano: “Bagenalstown”
  • Chinese: “穆因比格”
  • Dutch: “Muine Bheag”
  • French: “Muine Bheag”
  • Georgian: “მინე-ბეგი”
  • German: “Muine Bheag”
  • Irish: “Muine Bheag”
  • Italian: “Muine Bheag”
  • Japanese: “バゲナルストン”
  • Lithuanian: “Mine Begas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Muine Bheag”
  • Norwegian: “Muine Bheag”
  • Polish: “Muine Bheag”
  • Portuguese: “Muine Bheag”
  • Russian: “Мине-Бег”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Muine Bheag”
  • Sicilian: “Muine Bheag”
  • Slovak: “Muine Bheag”
  • Spanish: “Muine Bheag”
  • Swedish: “Muine Bheag”
  • Urdu: “بیگنلز ٹاؤن”

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Localities in the Area

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