County Carlow
Area:	896 km²
Capital:	Carlow
Code:	CW
Population:	46,014 (2002)
Province:	Leinster

Carlow (Ceatharlach in Irish) is a county located towards the south east of Ireland, in the province of Leinster. It has an overall population of just over 45,000, as of August 2002. The town of Carlow, built on the River Barrow, has a population of 17,880.

Other sizeable villages and towns in Carlow include:

• Muine Bheag (Bagenalstown)
• Ballon
• Tullow
• Myshall

Famous people from Carlow:

• William Dargan
• Irish TV Travel Presenter Kathryn Thomas is from Carlow town, and studied at Institute of Technology, Carlow
• Pop-star Ryan O'Riain of D-Side comes from Myshall, Co. Carlow.
• The famous Irish song writer, Ritchie Kavanagh is from Carlow.

	Traditional counties of Ireland
Connacht: Galway | Leitrim | Mayo | Roscommon | Sligo
Munster: Clare | Cork | Kerry | Limerick | Tipperary | Waterford
Leinster: Carlow | Dublin | Kildare | Kilkenny | Laois | Longford | Louth | Meath | Offaly | Westmeath | Wexford | Wicklow
Ulster: Antrim * | Armagh * | Cavan | Donegal | Down * | Fermanagh * | Londonderry * | Monaghan | Tyrone *
* Counties in Northern Ireland (other counties are in the Republic of Ireland)
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