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Clonegal, officially Clonegall (/ˈkloʊnəɡɔːl/ KLOH-nə-gawl; from Irish: Cluain na nGall, meaning 'meadow of the foreigners'),[2] is a village in the southeast of County Carlow, Ireland. It is in a rural setting, close to the border between counties Wexford and Carlow, 5 km from Bunclody, County Wexford and 22 km from Carlow town. It is just over a mile north of where the River Slaney and the River Derry meet.[3] Clonegal has a much smaller "twin" village across the River Derry in County Wexford, Watch House Village.

Clonegal Irish: Cluain na nGall
Village
Main Street
Clonegal Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°41′26″N 6°38′43″W
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	Carlow
Elevation	83 m (272 ft)
Population  (2016)[1]	278
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference	S916607

The village is served by a primary school, and is the center of an agricultural hinterland.[3]

History

Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes ringfort, bullaun stone and holy well sites in the surrounding townlands of Clonegall, Abbeydown and Huntington.[4]

Huntington Castle, also known as Clonegal Castle, is a 17th-century tower house close to the village centre.[5] Built by Laurence Esmonde, 1st Baron Esmonde on the site of an earlier (possibly 15th century) structure,[6][7] Huntington Castle was further extended in the 18th and 19th centuries.[5]

Clonegal's Church of Ireland church, St Fiaac's, was built c. 1819 on the site of a much earlier church and ecclesiastical enclosure.[8][3] The nearby rectory, now a private house, was the residence of the local yeomanry commander during the 1798 Rebellion, and several United Irishmen prisoners were reputedly hanged in a neighbouring yard at what is now known locally as the "Hanging Arch".[3]

The local Roman Catholic church, St Brigid's, was built c. 1845.[9]

There were once eleven malt houses in and around the village, along with a wool and corn store, a police station and other shops.[3]

Clonegal won the "tidiest village" category in the 2014 and 2015 National Tidy Towns competitions.[10][11]

Demographics

According to the 2006 Census, Clonegal had a population of approximately 280, an increase of 20% since the 2002 Census.[3] As of 2016, the population was 278.[1]

Notable people

• Peter Murphy, radio and television broadcaster, is from the area.[12]
• Patrick O'Donoghue, the 19th century Irish nationalist revolutionary and journalist.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

References

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- [en] Clonegal

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[ru] Клонгал

Клонгал[2] (англ. Clonegal; ирл. Cluain na nGall, «луг чужаков») — деревня в Ирландии, находится на границах графств Карлоу (провинция Ленстер) и Уэксфорд в районе пересечения дорог N9 и N80. Через реку Дерри у деревни есть поселение-близнец Уотч-Хаус-Виллидж.

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