Baltinglass
Sign in to saveBaltinglass, historically known as Baltinglas (), is a town in south-west County Wicklow, Ireland. It is located on the River Slaney near the border with County Carlow and County Kildare, on the N81 road. The town is in a civil parish of the same name.
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Place details
- Locality
- Baltinglass
- Region
- Leinster
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 2,137
- Timezone
- Europe/Dublin
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Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.name
- Baltinglass
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ga
- Settlement.image_skyline
- IMGBaltinglass 4945w.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Baltinglass, from Chapel Hill
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- 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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Bealach Conglais
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Wicklow
- Population
- +1735
- Elevation
- +118
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- IMGBaltinglass 4945w.jpg
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- P7959
- County Wicklow
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Built heritage
- Courthouse
- Baltinglass Abbey
- St. Mary's Church
- McAllister Monument
- Culture
- Sport
- Transport
- Rail
- Bus
- Baltinglass Local Electoral Area
- People
- See also
- References
Baltinglass, historically known as Baltinglas (), is a town in south-west County Wicklow, Ireland. It is located on the River Slaney near the border with County Carlow and County Kildare, on the N81 road. The town is in a civil parish of the same name.
==Etymology== The town's Irish name, Bealach Conglais means "the way of Conglas". It was the name of a palace at Baltinglass, where, according to the Irish etymologist Patrick Weston Joyce, the powerful Leinster king Branduff resided in the sixth century. Conglas was a member of the mythological warrior collective, the Fianna.