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Hacketstown (Irish: Baile Haicéid, IPA:[ˈbˠalʲəˈhaceːdʲ]), historically known as Ballydrohid (Irish: Baile an Droichead), is a small town in County Carlow, Ireland, near the border with County Wicklow.

Hacketstown
Baile Haicéid
Town
Main Street, Hacketstown
Hacketstown
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°51′50″N 6°33′25″W
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Carlow
Elevation
166 m (545 ft)
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
  Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid ReferenceS972801
Websitewww.hacketstown.ie

It is located on the R747 regional road at its junction with the R727. The River Derreen flows westwards just north of the town and the River Derry rises just south of the town.[citation needed]


History


In the early thirteenth century, an Anglo-Norman castle was built on the site where St Brigid's Church sits now.[1]

In the seventeenth century the wealthy Chetham family from New Moston, Lancashire, England acquired lands here. Although they lived mainly in England, a Chetham daughter married into the powerful Irish Loftus family.

Hacketstown was the scene of two battles during the 1798 rebellion.[1]

Hacketstown has a national school and secondary school, Coláiste Eoin. There is a Roman Catholic church, St Bridget's, and a Church of Ireland chapel, St John's.[citation needed]

William Presley, an ancestor of Elvis Presley, was a resident of the town before emigrating to America over 200 years ago.[2]

In 2011, the US town of Hackettstown, New Jersey, declared a sister city relationship with Hacketstown.[3][4]


See also



References


  1. "Log In, Hacketstown Parish, Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin". Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  2. "Elvis hails from Hacketstown – Celia Murphy explains further – Ireland's Own". Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  3. lehighvalleylive.com, Steve Novak | For (15 March 2011). "Hackettstown, N.J., declares 'sister city' relationship with Hacketstown, Ireland". lehighvalleylive. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  4. lehighvalleylive.com, Steve Novak | For (23 January 2020). "What's in a name: A New Jersey town's weird Irish connection". lehighvalleylive. Retrieved 14 November 2020.

На других языках


- [en] Hacketstown

[ru] Хакетстаун

Хакетстаун[2] (Хакестаун; англ. Hacketstown; ирл. Baile Haicéid) — деревня в Ирландии, находится в графстве Карлоу (провинция Ленстер) в районе пересечения трасс R747 и R727 у реки Дерри.



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