Nurney, County Kildare
{{For|the village of the same name in County Carlow|Nurney, County Carlow}}
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Nurney ({{Irish place name|An Urnaí|the oratory}}){{cite web | url = https://www.logainm.ie/en/1413977 | title = An Urnaí/Nurney | work = Placenames Database of Ireland | access-date = 29 January 2024}} is a village, townland and civil parish in County Kildare, Ireland, on the Tully Stream.
Location
Nurney lies on the R415 regional road 8 km south of Kildare and is signposted from the M7 motorway at junction 13.
Transport
South Kildare Community Transport's Newbridge-Kildare-Athy bus route serves Nurney on Mondays to Fridays with two services each way a day. The bus also serves Kildare railway station, the nearest station to Nurney, enabling journeys to/from many parts of Ireland.{{cite web |url=http://skct.ie/Athy_Newbridge%20Timetable%20June%202013.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-05-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518002005/http://skct.ie/Athy_Newbridge%20Timetable%20June%202013.pdf |archive-date=2014-05-18 }}
Amenities
The village has a church, a pub, a school, a shop and two graveyards. A petrol station and a takeaway shop have opened in the village in recent times.
Skerries Irish Figure Dancing Class has been teaching Irish Figure dancing for over 40 years, and classes are held weekly in the local GAA hall.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}
Demographics
In 2006, Nurney's population was recorded at 354, an increase of 48% from 2002 owing to an influx of settlers from Dublin, which lies approximately 60 km away.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} By the time of the 2016 census, the population had increased to 456 people.
Sport
- Nurney GAA is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club.
See also
References
- http://www.cso.ie/census/documents/census2006_Table_7_and_12.pdf
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Category:Towns and villages in County Kildare