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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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Vinony's link graph records 214 inbound references to Castleisland, and connects out to House of FitzGerald, France and Republic of Ireland.

Vinony files it under Towns and villages in County Kerry, Untranslated Irish place names and Use Hiberno-English from June 2021.

Vinony links it to 12 Wikipedia language editions.

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Place details

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

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Key facts

Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.name
Castleisland
Settlement.native_name_lang
ga
Settlement.image_skyline
Main Street, Castleisland, Co. Kerry - geograph.org.uk - 581627.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Main Street, Castleisland, County Kerry
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
Munster
Settlement.subdivision_type2
County
Settlement.subdivision_name2
County Kerry
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.elevation_m
32
Settlement.population_as_of
2022

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Located in
County Kerry
Elevation
32
Time zone
UTC±00:00
Image
Main Street, Castleisland, Co. Kerry - geograph.org.uk - 581627.jpg
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Commons category
Castleisland
historic county
County Kerry
native label
Oileán Ciarraí
twinned administrative body
Bannalec
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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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