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Sign in to saveArklow ( ; ; ) is a town in County Wicklow on the southeast coast of Ireland. The town is overlooked by Ballymoyle Hill. It was founded by the Vikings in the ninth century. Arklow was the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the 1798 rebellion. Its proximity to Dublin led to it becoming a commuter town with a population of 13,163 as of the 2016 census. The 2022 census recorded a population of 13,399. The town is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.
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Place details
- Region
- Leinster
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 13,399
- Timezone
- Europe/Dublin
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.name
- Arklow
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ga
- Settlement.image_shield
- Arklow, County Wicklow COA.png
- Settlement.shield_size
- 175px
- Settlement.motto
- Our hope lies in the riches of the sea
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ireland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Ireland
- Settlement.blank_name_sec1
- Irish Grid Reference
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Leinster
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- County Wicklow
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 20
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Wicklow
- Elevation
- 20
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Body of water
- Irish Sea
- Official website
- www.arklow.ie
- Image
- Arklow - aerial - 2025-07-13 24.jpg
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- Commons category
- Arklow
- topic's main category
- Category:Arklow
- twinned administrative body
- Châteaudun
- Irish Grid Reference
- T240735
- native label
- An tInbhear Mór
- historic county
- County Wicklow
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- P12749
- Josef Grohé
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