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County Carlow

county in Ireland
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Summary

County Carlow is a county of Ireland[1]. It draws 1,104 Wikipedia views per month (county of ireland category, ranking #25 of 26).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Leinster[3], South-East Region, Ireland[4]
  • Country: Ireland[5]
  • Capital: Carlow[6]
  • Shares border with: County Kildare[7], County Wicklow[8], County Kilkenny[9], County Laois[10], County Wexford[11]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Carlow[12], Muine Bheag[13]
  • Legislative body: legislative body of Carlow County Council[14]
  • Executive body: office of the Cathaoirleach of County Carlow[15]
  • Commons category: County Carlow[16]
  • Licence plate code: CW[17]
  • Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[18]
  • Official website: https://www.carlow.ie/[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:County Carlow[20]
  • Commons gallery: County Carlow[21]
  • Population: 56,875[22]
  • Office held by head of government: Cathaoirleach of County Carlow[23]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[24], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25], Down Survey[26]
  • Topic has template: Template:County Carlow[27]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in County Carlow[28]
  • Native label: Contae Cheatharlach[29]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from County Carlow[30]
  • Area: 897.0 km²[31]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of County Carlow[32]
  • Historic county: County Carlow[33]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for County Carlow include Carlow University[34], a university[35], in United States[36], founded in 1929[37].

Why It Matters

County Carlow has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Entities named for it include Carlow University[34], a university[35], in United States[36], founded in 1929[37].

Related Entities

Carlow Carlow University Ireland John Tyndall

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  24. [26] ↑ . downsurvey.ie. downsurvey.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q27322
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q27322, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  2. 23w ago · Elyaqim · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Ireland
    Great norwegian encyclopedia id → Carlow_-_fylke_i_Irland
    Located in time zone → UTC±00:00
    Office held by head of government → Cathaoirleach of County Carlow
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Different from: Monte Carlo"
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