Nurney () is a village,

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and

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County Kildare County Kildare () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the Local gove ...

, Ireland, on the Tully Stream.

Location

Nurney lies on the R415 regional road 8 km south of

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and is signposted from the M7 motorway at junction 13.

Transport

South Kildare Community Transport's Newbridge-

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bus route serves Nurney on Mondays to Fridays with two services each way a day. The bus also serves

Kildare railway station Kildare railway station is a railway station on the Dublin to Cork Railway line and Dublin commuter service. It is also the changing-point for passengers to/from services to Waterford. It has three tracks, one for through services and two pl ...

, the nearest station to Nurney, enabling journeys to/from many parts of Ireland.

Amenities

The village has a church, a pub, a school, a shop and two graveyards. A petrol station and a takeaway shop have opened in the village in recent times. Skerries Irish Figure Dancing Class has been teaching Irish Figure dancing for over 40 years, and classes are held weekly in the local GAA hall.

Demographics

In 2006, Nurney's population was recorded at 354, an increase of 48% from 2002 owing to an influx of settlers from

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, which lies approximately 60 km away. By the time of the 2016 census, the population had increased to 456 people.

Sport

* Nurney GAA is the local

Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sports, amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports o ...

club.

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