Caragh

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Caragh
Cearthach

Location

WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates:
53.2359° N 6.7237° W

Statistics

117.5 m

Population (2006)

1,492

Website: www.caragh.net

1 Overview
2 Geography
3 Demographics & Economy
4 Sport
5 External links

[edit] Overview

Caragh is a village in County Kildare, Ireland. It is located between the river Liffey and the Grand Canal approximately 4 km north-west of Naas. The village is also 8 km from Clane and 15 km from Newbridge.

The main features in the village are a notably large Roman Catholic church (Our Lady & St. Joeseph), a shop (Centra), a pub (Coffeys), a national primary school and Mondello motor racing circuit (approx. 1.5 km from village centre).

An aerial shot of Caragh village.

The Leinster Aqueduct near Caragh.

Roman Catholic church in the village.

Coffeys pub.

[edit] Geography

The village is situated in the northern half of County Kildare approximately 3 km north-west of junction 10 of the M7 motorway. The river Liffey flows adjacent to the village. There is a notorious narrow bridge that crosses the Liffey when travelling to Caragh. It is said that this is the oldest bridge still in existence on the entire course of the river.

The Grand Canal also runs past Caragh and near-by is the Leinster Aqueduct. This point is where the Grand Canal runs over the river Liffey.

[edit] Demographics & Economy

Caragh village has seen many new building developments in recent years. The addition of four new housing developments has boosted the population of the village to 1,492 people (source: CSO Census 2006). According to the 2002 census, the population was 901 people.

According to Vision Net, in November 2006 there were 39 Irish registered companies active with their registered offices in Caragh.

[edit] Sport

There is are two Gaelic Athletic Association clubs in Caragh. The football club is Raheens, its' grounds are located at Tom Lawlor Park, approximately 0.5 km from the village. The grounds consist of one floodlight pitch. The local community hall is situated adjacent. These two are not connected and are individual associations. The Hurling club is Éire Óg/Corrchoill. The hurling club is an amalgamation of two villages Prosperous and Caragh, these two villages are part of the same parish.