Ballinabranna or Ballinabrannagh () is a small village in
County Carlow
County Carlow ( ; ga, Contae Cheatharlach) is a county located in the South-East Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster. Carlow is the second smallest and the third least populous of Ireland's 32 traditional counties. Carlow Cou ...
,
Ireland
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. It is located approximately 8 kilometres south of
Carlow
Carlow ( ; ) is the county town of County Carlow, in the south-east of Ireland, from Dublin. At the 2016 census, it had a combined urban and rural population of 24,272.
The River Barrow flows through the town and forms the historic bounda ...
and 5 kilometres from Junction 6 of the
M9 motorway. It is within the
townland
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of Ballinabrannagh, and is in the barony of
Idrone West
Idrone West () is a barony in County Carlow, Ireland. The early barony of Idrone was split into East and West in 1799.
Etymology
Idrone takes its name from the ancient name for the tuath, first recorded c. 1100 as ''Hua Drona'' in the Latin '' ...
. As of the
2016 census
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Films
* ''Pathinaaru'' or ''Sixteen'', a 2010 Tamil film
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, the population of the village was 466.
History
Traditionally a rural townland, it developed into a nucleated village due to its proximity to the M9 motorway. The Milford Park and Gort na Gréine housing developments, built in the late-2000s and 2010s respectively, significantly expanded the population of the area. It was first included (as Ballinabrannagh) as a
census town
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India
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for the
2011 census, at which time it had a population of 389 people.
The village has a church (St. Fintan's), a child daycare, a GAA club/gym, and a
national (primary) school. As of 2014, the school (Ballinabranna National School) had an enrollment of approximately 170 pupils.
See also
*
List of towns and villages in Ireland
References
Towns and villages in County Carlow
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