Ballinaclash
Ballinaclash
An Chlais | |
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| Irish Grid Reference | T167854 |
Ballinaclash (Irish: An Chlais, meaning "townland of the ravine"[2]) is a village in east County Wicklow centred on a bridge that carries the R753 regional road across the River Avonbeg.
The village is mentioned in J.M. Synge's play 'The Tinker's Wedding': "And a big fool I was too, maybe; but we'll be seeing Jaunting Jim to-morrow in Ballinaclash, and he after getting a great price for his white foal in the horse-fair of Wicklow"
In 1837, the village had a population of 3855 according to Samuel Lewis' 'A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland'. This population was much reduced by the famine and subsequent emigration and today is only a fraction of that number. The village was originally the site of an ancient monastery founded by the brother of
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References
- ^ "Census 2016 Sapmap Area: Settlements Ballinaclash". Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ^ A. D. Mills, 2003, A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press
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