Castlegregory

Castlegregory
Caisleán Ghriaire
Village
Main Street, Castlegregory
Main Street, Castlegregory
Castlegregory is located in Ireland
Castlegregory
Castlegregory
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°15′20″N 10°01′16″W / 52.255549°N 10.02099°W / 52.255549; -10.02099
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyCounty Kerry
Population
 (2022)[1]
370
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid ReferenceQ617134

Castlegregory (Irish: Caisleán Ghriaire, meaning "castle of Griaire")[2] is a village in County Kerry, Ireland. It is situated on the north side of the Dingle Peninsula, halfway between Tralee and Dingle. As of the 2022 census, Castlegregory had a population of 370.[1]

Castlegregory was named after a castle built by Gregory Hoare in the 16th century.[3] It is the principal village in Lettragh, the name given to the northern side of the Dingle Peninsula.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Census Mapping - Towns: Castlegregory - Population Snapshot". Census 2022. CSO. 2022. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Caisleán Ghriaire / Castlegregory". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Castlegregory". myguideireland.com. MyGuide Ireland. Archived from the original on 6 June 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2016.