Leighlinbridge
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Leighlinbridge Castle and St Laserian’s Cathedral.
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.
St Laserian’s Cathedral
Church
Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.
St Laserian's Cathedral, Old Leighlin, previously the cathedral of the Diocese of Leighlin, is now one of the six cathedral churches in the Diocese of Cashel and Ossory of the Church of Ireland.
St Laserian’s Well
Spring
Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Laserian’s Well is a spring, which is situated 3½ km west of Leighlinbridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bagenalstown and Old Leighlin.
Bagenalstown
Photo: VisionsofthePast, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Muine Bheag, meaning "small thicket", is the official name of the town known in English as Bagenalstown. It's in County Carlow and in 2016 it had a population of about 2,800.
Old Leighlin
Village
Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.
Old Leighlin, also Oldleighlin, is a village, civil parish and townland in County Carlow, Ireland. The village is 3.5 km west of Leighlinbridge. The site was at one time one of the foremost monastic houses in Leinster, with 1,500 monks in residence.
Royal Oak
Village
Royal Oak is a small village in County Carlow, Ireland. It is on the west side of the River Barrow, across from Bagenalstown, and is off the former N9 road. It is not in or a part of Bagenalstown. Royal Oak is within the townland of Clorusk. Royal Oak is situated 3½ km south of Leighlinbridge.
Leighlinbridge
- Type: Village with 828 residents
- Description: town in Leinster, Ireland
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Carlow, Leinster, Southeast Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.736° or 52° 44′ 10″ northLongitude
-6.9766° or 6° 58′ 36″ westPopulation
828Elevation
50 metres (164 feet)Open location code
9C4MP2PF+C8OpenStreetMap ID
node 52244748OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2962980Wikidata ID
Q1959546
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Leighlinbridge” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Leighlinbridge”
- Bulgarian: “Леигхлинбридге”
- Cebuano: “Leighlinbridge”
- Chinese: “莱林桥”
- Dutch: “Leighlinbridge”
- French: “Leighlinbridge”
- Georgian: “ლოხლინბრიჯი”
- German: “Leighlinbridge”
- Irish: “Leithghlinn an Droichid”
- Italian: “Leighlinbridge”
- Japanese: “ローホリンブリッジ”
- Latin: “Lechlinia”
- Russian: “Лохлинбридж”
- Slovenian: “Leighlinbridge”
- Spanish: “Leighlinbridge”
- Swedish: “Leighlinbridge”
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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 Wikivoyage page “Leighlinbridge”. Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.