Knockbridge

Knockbridge
Irish: Droichead an Chnoic
Village
Knockbridge crossroads
Knockbridge crossroads
Knockbridge is located in Ireland
Knockbridge
Knockbridge
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°58′N 6°29′W / 53.97°N 6.49°W / 53.97; -6.49
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyLouth
Elevation
42 m (138 ft)
Population759
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid ReferenceH994037

Knockbridge (Irish: Droichead an Chnoic)[2] is a village in County Louth, Ireland. 7 km south-west of Dundalk, it is in the townland of Ballinlough (Baile an Locha) in the historical barony of Dundalk Upper.[2] As of the 2022 census, the village had a population of 759 people.[3] Knockbridge won a "best kept village" award in the 2008 Tidy Towns competition.[4]

  1. ^ "SAPMAP Area - Settlement - Knockbridge". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. April 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Droichead an Chnoic / Knockbridge". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Knockbridge (Ireland) Census Town". CSO Census Mapping. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Knockbridge Tidy Towns - Best Kept Village Award 2008". knockbridgetidytown.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2013.