Leighlinbridge

Leighlinbridge 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.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Leighlinbridge Castle and St Laserian’s Cathedral.

Ruins
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, also called Black Castle, is in the village of Leighlinbridge, , , on the . The early castle was built c.1181 for the Normans.

Church
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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.

Spring
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is a spring, which is situated 3½ km west of Leighlinbridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bagenalstown and Old Leighlin.

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Muine Bheag, meaning "small thicket", is the official name of the town known in English as . It's in and in 2016 it had a population of about 2,800.

Village
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, also Oldleighlin, is a village, civil parish and townland in , Ireland. The village is 3.5 km west of Leighlinbridge. The site was at one time one of the foremost monastic houses in , with 1,500 monks in residence.

Village
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is a small village in , . It is on the west side of the , across from , and is off the former N9 road. It is not in or a part of Bagenalstown. is within the townland of Clorusk. is situated 3½ km south of Leighlinbridge.

Leighlinbridge

Latitude
52.736° or 52° 44′ 10″ north
Longitude
-6.9766° or 6° 58′ 36″ west
Population
828
Elevation
50 metres (164 feet)
Open location code
9C4MP2PF+C8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52244748
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2962980
Wiki­data ID
Q1959546
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Urdu—“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”
  • Urdu: “لیہلن برج”

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