Carlow

Carlow is the county town of , some 85 km south of Dublin. It's become a commuter town for the city and in 2022 had a population of about 27,000; it's fairly compact and has preserved its old centre.
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  • Type: Town with 27,400 residents
  • Description: county town of County Carlow, Leinster, Ireland
  • Also known as: “Callow”, “Caterlogh”, “Catherlogh”, “Catterlogh”, and “カーロー”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Carlow Castle and Carlow railway station.

Ruins
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is located near the in , .

Railway station
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serves the town of Carlow in .

Church
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The Cathedral of the Assumption is both the cathedral…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Killeshin and Tinryland.

Village
is a village in , on the R430 regional road. is situated 4½ km west of Carlow.

Village
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is a village in , , less than 5 km south of Carlow town. is situated 5 km southeast of Carlow.

Carlow

Latitude
52.8408° or 52° 50′ 27″ north
Longitude
-6.9261° or 6° 55′ 34″ west
Population
27,400
Elevation
55 metres (180 feet)
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Open location code
9C4MR3RF+8H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52253632
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2965768
Wiki­data ID
Q211703
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Carlow” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Carlow”
  • Basque: “Carlow”
  • Breton: “Ceatharlach”
  • Bulgarian: “Карлоу”
  • Catalan: “Carlow”
  • Cebuano: “Carlow (kapital sa kondado)”
  • Cebuano: “Carlow”
  • Chinese: “卡尔洛”
  • Chinese: “卡洛”
  • Chinese: “卡爾洛”
  • Cornish: “Ceatharlach”
  • Czech: “Carlow”
  • Danish: “Carlow”
  • Dutch: “Carlow”
  • Estonian: “Carlow”
  • French: “Carlow”
  • Galician: “Carlow”
  • Georgian: “კარლოუ”
  • German: “Carlow”
  • Hebrew: “קארלאו”
  • Hungarian: “Carlow”
  • Indonesian: “Carlow”
  • Irish: “Ceatharlach”
  • Italian: “Carlow”
  • Japanese: “カーロウ”
  • Kazakh: “Карлоу (қала)”
  • Kazakh: “Карлоу”
  • Korean: “칼로”
  • Latin: “Caterlogum”
  • Latvian: “Kārlova”
  • Lithuanian: “Karlou”
  • Manx: “Ceatharlach”
  • Northern Frisian: “Carlow”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Carlow”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Carlow”
  • Norwegian: “Carlow”
  • Persian: “کارلو”
  • Piemontese: “Carlow”
  • Polish: “Carlow”
  • Portuguese: “Carlow”
  • Romanian: “Carlow”
  • Russian: “Карлоу”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Ceatharlach”
  • Serbian: “Karlou”
  • Serbian: “Карлоу”
  • Silesian: “Carlow”
  • Slovak: “Carlow”
  • Slovenian: “Carlow”
  • Spanish: “Carlow”
  • Swahili: “Carlow”
  • Swedish: “Carlow”
  • Thai: “คาร์โลว์”
  • Ukrainian: “Карлоу”
  • Urdu: “کارلو”
  • Welsh: “Carlow”
  • Welsh: “Ceatharlach”

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