Carlow
Irish name: Ceatharlach
The Barrow’s biggest town: a Norman castle above the river, museums, shops and restaurants close to the water, and the lowest bridge on the navigation.
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About Carlow
Carlow has guarded this crossing of the Barrow since William Marshal built his castle on the east bank in the early 1200s. Two of its towers and the west wall survive, left standing when an attempt in 1814 to turn it into an asylum with explosives went badly wrong. The old Graiguecullen Bridge, first built in 1569 and the lowest on the whole navigation, links the town with Graiguecullen on the west bank, where Waterways Ireland lists a public slipway at the town park. Carlow Lock lies just downstream of the bridge. In town, the County Museum, the VISUAL arts centre and the cathedral of 1833 are all within walking distance, with every kind of shop and restaurant. Brownshill Dolmen, whose capstone is said to be the heaviest in Europe, lies 3 km to the east. The OPW gauge just below Carlow Lock shows how this reach is running.
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Carlow Castle
Two drum towers and a wall of William Marshal’s early-1200s castle on the east bank, a National Monument seen from the river and the street.
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Carlow County Museum
The county’s history museum, housed with the library in a former convent in the town centre.
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VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art
Contemporary art galleries and the George Bernard Shaw Theatre under one roof, with exhibitions, shows and family events.
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Brownshill Dolmen
Neolithic portal tomb 3 km east of town whose granite capstone, about 150 tonnes, is said to be the heaviest in Europe; a short drive or taxi from the river.
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- Graiguecullen Bridge
- Clogrennan Lock Next opening Sat, 31 Oct at 07:23
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- Milford Lock Next opening Sat, 31 Oct at 07:22
- Levitstown Lock Next opening Sat, 31 Oct at 07:23
- Leighlinbridge
≈ distances are computed along the water, not along the marked channel. Times are our estimate: 7.5 km/h and 15 minutes a lock. Check the Waterways Ireland marine notices
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Other sources · Not known “The River Barrow at Carlow & spire of St Mary's Church” by Colin Park · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Changes: resized and re-encoded -
Other sources · Not known “The River Barrow at Carlow from footbridge by Town Park” by Colin Park · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Changes: resized and re-encoded -
Other sources · Not known “Carlow Lock, looking upstream” by A.-K. D. · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Changes: resized and re-encoded
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