Palatine, County Carlow
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| Palatine | |
| County Carlow | |
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 Palatine, County Carlow | |
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| Grid reference: | S778796 |
| Location: | 52°51’44"N, 6°50’46"W |
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Palatine is a village in County Carlow. It stands mostly within the townlands of Knockarda and Killyshane, close to the County Kildare border.
The name given in the Irish language is that of the main townland, which in Gaelic is Cnoc Arda.[1]
"Palatinetown" is mentioned in A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland by Samuel Lewis, 1837:[2]
| “ | PALATINETOWN, a hamlet, in the parish of URGLIN, barony and county of CARLOW, and province of LEINSTER, 2¾ miles (N. E.) from Carlow, on the road to Castledermot; containing 88 inhabitants. It is said to derive its name from a colony of German refugees, who were driven from their native country, and settled here, in the reign of Louis XIV. The Rt. Hon. B. Burton obtained a patent for four fairs, of which that on the 26th of March is the only one at present held. A constabulary police force is stationed in the village. | ” |
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