Rathvilly
| Rathvilly Irish: Ráth Bhile | |
| County Carlow | |
|---|---|
 Rathvilly | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | S880817 |
| Location: | 52°52’52"N, 6°41’42"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 492 (2006) |
| Local Government | |
| Dáil constituency: |
Wicklow |
Rathvilly is a village in County Carlow, located on the River Slaney near the border with County Wicklow, seven miles from Tullow. It is also on the N81 road.
The area has the family seat of Baron Rathdonnell.
Rathvilly railway station opened on 1 June 1886, closed for passenger traffic on 27 January 1947 and finally closed altogether on 1 April 1959.[1]
About the village
Rathvilly Moat, a mediæval structure, is found one mile off the village on the Hacketstown road. The Lisnavagh Estate lies just outside the village of Rathvilly.
In the centre of the village stands a statue to Kevin Barry a local 18-year-old terrorist hanged in Mountjoy Prison on 1 November 1920.
Sport
Gaelic sports: Rathvilly GAA
See also
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Rathvilly) |
References
- ↑ "Rathvilly station". Railscot - Irish Railways. http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf. Retrieved 2007-11-23.