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Arklow Town F.C.
Arklow Town Football Club are a football club from Arklow, County Wicklow in Ireland. The club's two senior teams are members of the Leinster Senior League and the Wicklow & District Football League. History The club was founded in 1948. In 2009 the club played in the FAI Cup, beating University College Dublin University College Dublin (commonly referred to as UCD) ( ga, Coláiste na hOllscoile, Baile Átha Cliath) is a public research university in Dublin, Ireland, and a collegiate university, member institution of the National University of Ireland ...'s Leinster Senior League team in the second round, before losing to the UCD first team in the third round. Wicklow People, 20 May 2009 Notable players This is a lis ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arklow Town FC Front Gates, June 2020
Arklow (; ; , ) is a town in County Wicklow on the southeast coast of Ireland. The town is overlooked by Ballymoyle Hill. It was founded by the Vikings in the ninth century. Arklow was the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the 1798 rebellion. Its proximity to Dublin led to it becoming a commuter town with a population of 13,163 as of the 2016 census. Arklow is at the mouth of the River Avoca, the longest river wholly within County Wicklow. The town is divided by the river, which is crossed by the Nineteen Arches Bridge, a stone arch bridge linking the southern or main part of the town with the northern part, called Ferrybank. The Nineteen Arches Bridge is the longest handmade stone bridge in Ireland, and a plaque on the south end of the bridge acknowledges this. History The town's English name derives from ''Arnkell's Lág'' (Arnkell was a Viking leader; a "lág" (low) was an area of land). Its Irish name, ''Inbhear Mór'' or ''An tInbhear Mór'', means ''the large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
