Newtown

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Newtown

Coordinates52.86°, -7.11°

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

Overview

Newtown or Newtown Cross is a village in County Laois, Ireland. It is within the townlands of Clonbrock and Doonane (Dúnán).

Geography

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

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)

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Sackville Carden

Royal Navy admiral (1857–1930)

John Morrissey

American boxer and politician (1831-1878)

Barbara Arbuthnott

writer (1822-1904)

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Conor Fogarty

Irish hurler

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D.J. Stapleton

Irish hurler (1886-1968)

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Damien Fogarty

Irish hurler

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Donal Brennan

Gaelic footballer

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Ernie MacKay

Irish footballer (1896-1996)

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Francis Gleeson

British army military chaplain

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Jamesie Brennan

Irish hurler

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John Byrne

Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross

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John Usher

Irish county cricketer (1859-1905)

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Martin Brennan

Irish hurler

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Martin Coogan

Irish hurler

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

Nearby places in Laois

• Monavea
  1.7 mi away
• The Swan
  2.5 mi away
• Arles
  4.3 mi away
• Killeshin
  5 mi away
• Ballylynan
  6.3 mi away
• Killeen
  6.8 mi away
• Timahoe
  7.8 mi away
• Ballinakill
  8.2 mi away
• Ballintubbert
  8.4 mi away
• Ballyroan
  10 mi away
• Attanagh
  10 mi away
• Abbeyleix
  10.5 mi away · pop. 1,897

Browse all places in Laois →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.