Newtownmountkennedy
Sign in to saveNewtownmountkennedy () is a small town in County Wicklow, Ireland. It developed within the historic townland of Ballygarny () (now Mount Kennedy Demesne), although all that remains is a motte where a church, graveyard and a castle or tower house once stood just north of the town. It acquired its present name in the mid-seventeenth-century, when Sir Robert Kennedy, M.P. for Kildare, made it his principal residence. It is just off the N11 road to Wexford, just south of Kilpedder and south-west of Greystones. It is about north of Wicklow town, south of Bray and approximately from Dublin. This tow
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- Newtownmountkennedy
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- ga
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- Town
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- Location in Ireland
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- Ireland
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- Leinster
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- County Wicklow
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- Newtowner
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- 2016
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- Official name
- Baile an Chinnéidigh
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Wicklow
- Population
- 2548
- Elevation
- 82
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Newtownmountkennedy () is a small town in County Wicklow, Ireland. It developed within the historic townland of Ballygarny () (now Mount Kennedy Demesne), although all that remains is a motte where a church, graveyard and a castle or tower house once stood just north of the town. It acquired its present name in the mid-seventeenth-century, when Sir Robert Kennedy, M.P. for Kildare, made it his principal residence. It is just off the N11 road to Wexford, just south of Kilpedder and south-west of Greystones. It is about north of Wicklow town, south of Bray and approximately from Dublin. This town has one of the longest place names in Ireland, so is sometimes abbreviated to NTMK.
Between the 2011 and 2016 census, the population of the town increased by 17.6% (from 2,410 to 2,835 inhabitants), one of the highest growth rates in County Wicklow on the period. The area is a dormitory town for some workers commuting to Bray and Dublin.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Newtownmountkennedy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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