Urlingford
{{short description|Town in County Kilkenny, Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Use Irish English|date=October 2020}}
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|name = Urlingford
|native_name = {{Irish place name|Áth na nUrlainn}}
|settlement_type = Town
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|image_caption = The Mason's Apron, Urlingford
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Ireland
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Leinster
|subdivision_type3 = County
|subdivision_name3 = County Kilkenny
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|population_as_of = 2016
|population = 1038
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Urlingford ({{Irish place name|Áth na nUrlainn|Ford of the slaughter}}) is a town in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is also a civil parish within the barony of Galmoy. The town is in the north west of the county, along the boundary with County Tipperary, 16 km north-east of Thurles.
Access
The town lies on the R639. The M8 motorway runs just west of the town, from which both Urlingford and nearby Johnstown are accessed via Junction Four. Urlingford is a bus hub, with major operator JJ Kavanagh and Sons based there.{{Cite web |url=http://www.jjkavanagh.ie/ |title=JJ Kavanagh Bus Company |access-date=16 February 2007 |archive-date=27 April 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060427183122/http://www.jjkavanagh.ie/ |url-status=live }}{{better source needed|date=February 2021 |reason=Source is the company website. Says nothing about Urlingford being a bus hub or Kavanagh being a major operator.}} Situated {{convert|125|km|mi|abbr=on}} from Dublin and {{convert|129|km|mi|abbr=on}} from Cork, Urlingford has long been a resting point for travellers halfway between the Republic of Ireland's two largest cities. As a result, until May 2012 the Bus Éireann Dublin to Cork bus service called here. It is now replaced by route 828 from Portlaoise which connects with express bus at Cashel and the 858 Portlaoise to Thurles service also serves the town.{{cite press release |title=Bus Éireann to Provide Daily Services from Portlaoise to Urlingford and Cashel |date=12 September 2013 |publisher=Bus Éireann and Expressway |url=http://buseireann.ie/news.php?id=1361&month=Sep |access-date=15 September 2013 |archive-date=26 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926150356/http://www.buseireann.ie/news.php?id=1361&month=Sep |url-status=live }}
Toponymy
History
{{Historical populations|state=collapsed
|1831|1366
|1841|1742
|1851|1168
|1936|492
|1946|586
|2011|973
|2016|1038
}}
In 1526, Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond, gave possession of the lands of Urlingford to John Tobin and Nicolas Mothing (chaplins). The earlier settlement was focused around the castle, church and graveyard.
The town had an organised planned growth with traditional plot patterns. It was built over a cut-over bog, an extension to the Templetuohy Bog, much of which has been reclaimed. Urlingford is a linear town around the focused primary axis, the Main Street. In 1837 it was the centre of manufacture of coarse stuffs, flannels, and worsteds, and carries on an extensive retail trade with the surrounding districts.
The town was recorded on Griffith's Valuation in 1864. Urlingford has taken part in the Tidy Towns Competition.{{cite web |work=Tidy Towns Competition 2015 |title=Adjudication Report |url=http://www.tidytowns.ie/u_reports/2015/2015%20County%20Kilkenny%20Urlingford%20406.pdf |access-date=16 July 2016 |archive-date=29 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429080335/http://tidytowns.ie/u_reports/2015/2015%20County%20Kilkenny%20Urlingford%20406.pdf |url-status=live }}
=Rivers=
A minor tributary of the River Nore, the River Goul, enters the town from the southeast. It sources 6 kilometers away from the town in the Slieveardagh hills. The river passes under the Main Street and towards the bridge at Urlingford Castle (and mill).
Buildings
Sport
Emeralds GAA is a junior Gaelic Athletic Association club, founded in 1972.
Notable people
{{See also|Category:People from Urlingford}}
See also
References
{{reflist|refs=
({{Harvnb|Fiontar|2008|loc=[http://www.logainm.ie/en/27524 Áth na nUrlainn/Urlingford]}})
({{Harvnb|Griffith|1864|loc=[http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doPlaceSearch&offset=0&freetext=Urlingford&countyname=Kilkenny&parishname=Urlingford&unionname=&baronyname=Galmoy&totalrows=24 Urlingford Search]}})
({{Harvnb|Carrigan|1905|p=23|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=cPMQAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA23 Existing Civil Divisions or Baronies]}})
({{Harvnb|Tighe|1802|p=4|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=iTBWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA162 Bog, Mountain]}})
{{Harvnb|Lewis|1837|loc=[http://www.libraryireland.com/topog/U/Urlingford-Galmoy-Kilkenny.php URLINGFORD Parish]}}
({{Harvnb|CSO|loc=[http://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/census/documents/census2011vol1andprofile1/Table_5.pdf Census 2011 – Population Classified by Area]}})
({{Harvnb|CSO|loc=[https://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=08A08119-5E67-477F-AC2B-9C25746D47A7 Census 2016 – Sapmap Area: Settlements Urlingford]}})
({{Harvnb|CSO|loc=[http://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/census/census1946results/volume1/C_1946_V1_T8.pdf 1946 Population Data]}})
({{Harvnb|CSO|loc=[http://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/census/census1936results/volume4/C_1936_VOL_4_T8.pdf 1936 Population Data]}})
({{Harvnb|OHPR|p=8|loc=[http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser2?ResourceType=Census&ResourceType=Legislation&ResourceType=Essays&ResourceType=Registrar%20General&ResourceType=TNA&SearchTerms=Urlingford&simple=yes&path=Results&active=yes&titlepos=0&mno=354&pageseq=8 Comparative abstract, Ireland, 1831]}}) and
({{Harvnb|OHPR|p=40|loc=[http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser2?ResourceType=Census&ResourceType=Legislation&ResourceType=Essays&ResourceType=Registrar%20General&ResourceType=TNA&SearchTerms=Urlingford&simple=yes&path=Results&active=yes&titlepos=2&mno=355&pageseq=44 Abstract, Ireland, 1831]}})
({{Harvnb|OHPR|p=56|loc=[http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser2?ResourceType=Census&ResourceType=Legislation&ResourceType=Essays&ResourceType=Registrar%20General&ResourceType=TNA&SearchTerms=Urlingford&simple=yes&path=Results&active=yes&titlepos=3&mno=356&pageseq=159 Report, Ireland, 1841]}})
({{Harvnb|OHPR|p=93|loc=[http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser2?ResourceType=Census&ResourceType=Legislation&ResourceType=Essays&ResourceType=Registrar%20General&ResourceType=TNA&SearchTerms=Urlingford&simple=yes&path=Results&active=yes&titlepos=5&mno=362&pageseq=13 County of Kilkenny, 1851]}})
{{cite web |title=Urban Design Study for Urlingford |url=http://www.kilkennycoco.ie/resources/eng/Services/Planning/LocalAreaPlans/Urlingford/UrlingfordUDFinalText.pdf |website=kilkennycoco.ie |publisher=Kilkenny County Council |access-date=16 July 2016 |archive-date=27 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427135842/http://www.kilkennycoco.ie/resources/eng/Services/Planning/LocalAreaPlans/Urlingford/UrlingfordUDFinalText.pdf |url-status=live }}
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Sources
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- {{cite web|author=Fiontar|title=Placenames Database of Ireland|url=http://www.logainm.ie/en/|website=logainm.ie|publisher=Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs of the Government of Ireland|date=2008|access-date=16 July 2016|archive-date=22 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100422232126/http://logainm.ie/?uiLang=en|url-status=live}}
- {{cite web|last1=Griffith|title=Griffith's Valuation|url=http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation|website=Ask About Ireland|date=1864|access-date=16 July 2016|archive-date=13 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160713213125/http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/|url-status=live}}
- {{cite book|last1=Carrigan|first1=William|title=The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory|date=1905|publisher=Sealy, Bryers & Walker|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cPMQAwAAQBAJ|isbn=9785879206463|access-date=3 October 2020|archive-date=25 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925142408/https://books.google.com/books?id=cPMQAwAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}
- {{cite book|last1=Tighe|first1=William|title=Statistical observations relative to the county of Kilkenny: made in the years 1800 & 1801|date=1802|publisher=Printed by Graisberry and Campbell|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iTBWAAAAYAAJ|access-date=3 October 2020|archive-date=25 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925142409/https://books.google.com/books?id=iTBWAAAAYAAJ|url-status=live}}
- {{cite web|last1=CSO|first1=Central Statistics Office|title=CSO Website|url=http://www.cso.ie|website=cso.ie|publisher=Government of Ireland|access-date=16 July 2016|archive-date=4 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404131758/http://cso.ie/|url-status=live}}
- {{cite web|author1=OHPR|title=The Online Historical Population Reports Project|url=http://www.histpop.org|website=Histpop|publisher=University of Essex|access-date=16 July 2016|archive-date=7 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507023856/http://www.histpop.org/|url-status=live}}
- {{cite book|last1=Lewis|first1=Samuel|title=A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland|date=1837|url=http://www.libraryireland.com/topog/placeindex.php|access-date=16 July 2016|archive-date=7 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707203911/http://www.libraryireland.com/topog/placeindex.php|url-status=live}}
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External links
- {{cite web|last1=Buildings of Ireland|title=Urlingford Buildings (Urlingford Courthouse), Urlingford, County Kilkenny |url=http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?county=KK&name=&town=Urlingford&townland=&type=quick&page=1 |website=buildingsofireland.ie}}
- {{cite web|title=JJ Kavanagh & Sons|url=http://jjkavanagh.ie/|website=jjkavanagh.ie}}
{{County Kilkenny}}
Category:Towns and villages in County Kilkenny