Durrow
Darú | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Gate lodge at the entrance to Castle Durrow | |
  Durrow Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°50′39″N 7°23′33″W / 52.8442°N 07.3925°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Laois |
| Elevation | 95 m (312 ft) |
| Population | 835 |
| Irish Grid Reference | S405773 |
| Website | www |
Durrow (Irish: Darú,[2] formerly Darmhagh Ua nDuach) is a village located in south-east County Laois, Ireland.[3][4] Bypassed by the M8 motorway on 28 May 2010, the village is located on the R639 road at its junction with the N77. The River Erkina flows through Durrow and joins the River Nore about 1.5 km east of the village.
The village takes its name from the Irish Darmhagh Ua nDuach (meaning 'the oak plain [in the territory] of Ui Duach'). It is in a civil parish of the same name.[2]
- ^ "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Durrow". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office Ireland. April 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Darú/Durrow". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Durrow". www.askaboutireland.ie. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ^ ""A Tale of Two Counties"- Durrow Co. Laois". Laois Archaeology. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2022.