Leighlinbridge

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Leighlinbridge

Air quality index

28Good

Elevation41 m

Coordinates52.74°, -6.98°

Demographic figures from Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Leighlinbridge is a small town on the River Barrow in County Carlow, Ireland. It is 11 km south of Carlow town, on the R705 road. The N9 national primary route once passed through the village, but was by-passed in the 1980s.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Brendan Bracken, 1st Viscount Bracken

Irish-born British politician and peer (1901-1958)

Charles Monck, 4th Viscount Monck

British politician and first Governor General of Canada (1819–1894)

Myles Keogh

Union United States Army officer (1840-1876)

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Darren O'Neill

Irish boxer

S

Sackville Carden

Royal Navy admiral (1857–1930)

Patrick Francis Moran

Catholic cardinal (1830–1911)

John Morrissey

American boxer and politician (1831-1878)

Barbara Arbuthnott

writer (1822-1904)

B

Brian Doyle

hurler (born 1989)

Denis Robert Pack-Beresford

Irish entomologist and arachnologist

E

Ernie MacKay

Irish footballer (1896-1996)

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Francis Gleeson

British army military chaplain

J

John Foley

Irish priest

J

John Lucas

Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross

J

John Usher

Irish county cricketer (1859-1905)

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Johnny Nevin

Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Carlow

• Oldleighlin
  2 mi away
• Royaloak
  2.3 mi away
• Bagenalstown
  2.5 mi away
• Nurney
  3 mi away
• Ballinabrannagh
  3.4 mi away
• Newtown
  4.3 mi away
• Tinryland
  5.5 mi away
• Fennagh
  5.7 mi away
• Carlow
  7.5 mi away · pop. 27,351
• Rathoe
  8.2 mi away
• Ballon
  8.7 mi away
• Myshall
  8.9 mi away

Browse all places in Carlow →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Leighlinbridge

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Yellowhammer

Emberiza citrinella

Seen 2026-05-31

field horsetail

Equisetum arvense

Seen 2026-05-30

22-spot Ladybird

Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata

Seen 2026-05-25

Banded Demoiselle

Calopteryx splendens

Seen 2026-05-25

Golden Dung Fly

Scathophaga stercoraria

Seen 2026-05-25

European Peacock Butterfly

Aglais io

Seen 2026-05-24

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Seen 2026-05-21

Rook

Corvus frugilegus

Seen 2026-05-18

Common Wood-Pigeon

Columba palumbus

Seen 2026-05-18

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).