Macreddin

Macreddin
Maigh Chríodáin
Hamlet
The ruined Catholic church and Upper Macreddin Cemetery
The ruined Catholic church and Upper Macreddin Cemetery
Macreddin is located in Ireland
Macreddin
Macreddin
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°53′03″N 6°19′51″W / 52.8842°N 6.3309°W / 52.8842; -6.3309
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Wicklow
Elevation
160 m (520 ft)
Irish Grid ReferenceT12348278

Macreddin (Irish: Maigh Chríodáin, meaning 'plain of Cridan';[1][2] formerly also Moycreedin;[3] formerly officially Carysfort,[4] also Cariesfort[3]), is a hamlet in County Wicklow,[5] in the southern foothills of the Wicklow Mountains, 4 km north of Aughrim on the back road to Greenan.[6] The historical borough is in the townland of Macreddin West in the civil parish of Ballykine, barony of Ballinacor South.[2] It also gives its name to the adjacent townland of Macreddin East.[2][7]

Wicklow County Council's 2010 development plan recognises the site as an "area of archaeological potential and significance" as "site of one of the few 17th century Plantation Towns established in Leinster".[8] The pre-1800 parliamentary borough of Carysfort and the title Earl of Carysfort derive from Carysfort.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Price was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c logainm.ie: Macreddin East Macreddin West
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  5. ^ "Map 2.11" (PDF). County Development Plan. Wicklow County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 January 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  6. ^ "R753–L97538 junction signpost". Google Streetview. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
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  8. ^ "Volume 2 - Built heritage" (PDF). Wicklow Draft County Development Plan 2010 - 2016. p. 22. Retrieved 30 January 2012.