Clonegal, officially Clonegall ( ; ), is a village in the southeast of County Carlow, Ireland. It is in a rural setting, close to the border between counties Wexford and Carlow, from Bunclody, County Wexford and from Carlow town. It is just over a mile north of where the River Slaney and the River Derry meet. Clonegal has a much smaller "twin" village across the River Derry in County Wexford, Watch House Village.
The village is served by a primary school, and is the centre of an agricultural hinterland.
Huntington Castle, also known as Clonegal Castle, is a 17th-century tower house close to the village centre. Built by Laurence Esmonde, 1st Baron Esmonde on the site of an earlier (possibly 15th century) structure, Huntington Castle was further extended in the 18th and 19th centuries.
There were once eleven malt houses in and around the village, along with a wool and corn store, a police station and other shops.
Clonegal won the "tidiest village" category in the 2014 and 2015 National Tidy Towns competitions.
Demographics
According to the 2006 Census, Clonegal had a population of approximately 280, an increase of 20% since the 2002 Census.
- Patrick O'Donoghue, the 19th century Irish nationalist revolutionary and journalist.
See also
- List of towns and villages in Ireland