Newtown or Newtown Cross () is a village in County Laois,

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s of Clonbrock (''Cluain Broc'') and Doonane (''Dúnán''). Newtown lies close to the border between Counties Laois and Kilkenny at the point where the R430 regional road from Abbeyleix to

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crosses the N78 from Kilkenny to Athy. The village is 12 km west of Carlow town. As of the 2016 census, the village had a population of 269 people. The local

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club, Crettyard, has its grounds and clubhouse at Newtown Cross.

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{{County Laois Towns and villages in County Laois Townlands of County Laois

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