Newtownmountkennedy
| Newtownmountkennedy Irish: Baile an Chinnéidigh | |
| County Wicklow | |
|---|---|
 Coillte HQ in Newtownmountkennedy | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | O262062 |
| Location: | 53°5’24"N, 6°6’37"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 2,835 (2016) |
| Local Government | |
Newtownmountkennedy is a small town in County Wicklow. It developed within the historic townland of Ballygarny (now Mount Kennedy Demesne), although all that remains is a motte where a church, graveyard and a castle or tower house once stood just half a mile to the north of the town.[1] Ther town acquired its present name in the mid-seventeenth-century, when Sir Robert Kennedy, M.P. for Kildare, made it his principal residence.[2]
This town has one of the longest place names in Ireland, so is sometimes abbreviated to NTMK.[3]
Newtownmountkennedy is just off the N11 road to Wexford, just south of Kilpedder and south-west of Greystones. It is about nine miles north of Wicklow town, nine miles south of Bray and approximately 22 miles from Dublin.
Between the 2011 and 2016 census, the population of the town increased by 17.6% (from 2,410 to 2,835 inhabitants), one of the highest growth rates in County Wicklow on the period. It serves as a commuter town for some workers commuting to Bray and Dublin.
The headquarters of Coillte Teoranta, the Irish Forestry Board, are situated in the village forest.
Sports
- Football:
- Newtown United
- Newtown Juniors
- Gaelic games: Newtown GAA[4]
- Golf: Druids Glen Golf Resort (which hosted the Irish open from 1996 to 1999)
Outside links
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References
- ↑ "Ballygarny (Mount Kennedy) Church". newtownmountkennedy.net. https://newtownmountkennedy.net/churches/catholic/ballygarny/.
- ↑ Ball, F.Elrington History of Dublin 6 Volumes Alexander Thom and Co. 1902-1920 Vol.4 p. 78
- ↑ "The Parish Registers Of Christ Church, Delgany Volume 3 § List of Abbreviations". https://www.ireland.anglican.org/cmsfiles/pdf/AboutUs/library/AngRecord/Delgany/Vol3.pdf.
- ↑ New Town GAA Club