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Castleisland () is a town and commercial centre in County Kerry in south west Ireland. The town is known for the width of its main street. As of the 2022 census, Castleisland had a population of 2,536.

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Place details

Region
Munster
Country
Éire / Ireland
Population
2,486
Timezone
Europe/Dublin

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Key facts

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Town
Settlement.name
Castleisland
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ga
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Main Street, Castleisland, Co. Kerry - geograph.org.uk - 581627.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Main Street, Castleisland, County Kerry
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Ireland
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right
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Location in Ireland
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Irish Grid Reference
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Ireland
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Munster
Settlement.subdivision_type2
County
Settlement.subdivision_name2
County Kerry
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Metric
Settlement.elevation_m
32
Settlement.population_as_of
2022

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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Buildings and places of note
  • Transport
  • Rail
  • Road
  • Sport
  • Town twinning
  • People
  • See also
  • References

Castleisland () is a town and commercial centre in County Kerry in south west Ireland. The town is known for the width of its main street. As of the 2022 census, Castleisland had a population of 2,536.

Castleisland was described by one of its citizens, journalist Con Houlihan, as "not so much a town as a street between two fields".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Castleisland” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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