County Carlow

"Carlow County" redirects here. For the UK Parliament constituency, see Carlow County (UK Parliament constituency).
County Carlow
Contae Cheatharlach

Coat of arms
Country Ireland
Province Leinster
Dáil Éireann Carlow–Kilkenny
EU Parliament South
County town Carlow
Government
 • Type County Council
Area
 • Total 897 km2 (346 sq mi)
Area rank 31st
Population (2016)[1] 56,875
 • Rank 30th
Vehicle index
mark code		 CW
Website www.carlow.ie
Windmill Hill, Enniscorthy, Blackstairs Mountains on the horizon.

County Carlow (Irish: Contae Cheatharlach) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the South-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster.[8] It is named after the town of Carlow, which lies on the River Barrow. Carlow County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county is 54,612 according to the 2011 census.

Geography and political subdivisions

Carlow, or "Ceatharlach" originally part of the Norman Palantine-county of Leinster, became a separate county probably around 1306.[9] At that time it was larger than today, extending to and including the coastal area around Arklow, though control of this area became disputed with the Irish chieftains of the area. These areas were given over to County Wicklow in 1606-07

Baronies

There are seven historic baronies in the county: Carlow, Forth, Idrone East, Idrone West, Rathvilly, St Mullin's Lower and St Mullin's Upper.

Towns and villages

Local government and politics

The River Barrow in Carlow

Local government in County Carlow is governed by the Local Government Acts, the most recent of which (Local Government Act 2001) established a two-tier structure of local government. The top tier of the structure consists of Carlow County Council. The second tier of local government consists of town councils. Outside the borough, the county council is solely responsible for local services.[10] Two towns in the county have town councils: Carlow and Muine Bheag. There are 21 councillors in the county council who are returned from five local electoral areas: Borris (3), Carlow East (4), Carlow West (5), Muine Bheag (4) and Tullow (4).[11][12] As the county is part of the South-East Region, some county councillors are also representatives on the South-East Regional Authority.

For elections to Dáil Éireann, Carlow is part of the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency which returns 5 TDs. The present form of the constituency was created for the 1948 general election.

Sport

People

See also

References

  1. ↑ "County Carlow". Central Statistics Office. 2011.
  2. ↑ For 1653 and 1659 figures from Civil Survey Census of those years, Paper of Mr Hardinge to Royal Irish Academy 14 March 1865.
  3. ↑ Census for post 1821 figures.
  4. ↑ http://www.histpop.org
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
  6. ↑ Lee, JJ (1981). "On the accuracy of the Pre-famine Irish censuses". In Goldstrom, J. M.; Clarkson, L. A. Irish Population, Economy, and Society: Essays in Honour of the Late K. H. Connell. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press.
  7. ↑ Mokyr, Joel; O Grada, Cormac (November 1984). "New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700-1850". The Economic History Review. 37 (4): 473–488. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0289.1984.tb00344.x.
  8. ↑  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Carlow (county)". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  9. ↑ Desmond Roche, Local Government in Ireland, Dublin, 1982
  10. ↑ "All Services". Carlow County Council. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  11. ↑ "2009 Local elections – Carlow County Council". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  12. ↑ Act of the Oireachtas: County of Carlow Local Electoral Areas Order 2008
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