class="apple-converted-space"> in
Ireland. It is situated in the
south-east of
Ireland, 84 km
from
Dublin. County Carlow is the
second smallest county in Ireland by area, however Carlow Town is the 14th
largest urban area in the Republic of Ireland by population according to the
2011 census with a population of 23,030
... The
River Barrow
flows through the town, and forms the
historic boundary between counties
Laois
and Carlow: the
Local Go
vernment
(Ireland) Act 1898
included the
town entirely in County Carlow. The settlement of Carlow is thousands of years
old and pre-dates written Irish history. The town has played a major role in
Irish history, serving as the capital of the country in the 14th century. It
was voted the cleanest town in Ireland by Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL)
in 2010.
The name Carlow is an anglicization of the Irish language name
