Newcastle West
An Caisleán Nua Thiar | |
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Town | |
 The Square | |
  Newcastle West Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°27′04″N 9°03′18″W / 52.451°N 9.055°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Limerick |
| Local electoral area | Newcastle |
| Dáil constituency | Limerick County |
| EU Parliament | South |
| Elevation | 55 m (180 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 7,209 |
| Time zone | UTC0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST) |
| Eircode routing key | V42 |
| Area code | +353(0)69 |
| Irish Grid Reference | R282336 |
Newcastle West (Irish: An Caisleán Nua Thiar) or simply Newcastle (An Caisleán Nua, formerly anglicised Castlenoe)[2] is a town in west County Limerick, Ireland. It is the largest town in the county, excluding Limerick city. It is also the county town, and sits on the River Arra which flows into the River Deel. Newcastle West is in the middle of a great bowl-shaped valley in West Limerick, known one time as the valley of the Wild Boar, apparently due to the abundance of this animal here when the area was thickly wooded. The crest of the town carries the image of a wild boar. The town is partly in the civil parish of Newcastle.[2]
Newcastle West is on the N21 road from Limerick to Tralee, between Rathkeale and Abbeyfeale. It is the second largest urban center in the county, with a population of 7,209 in 2022.[1]
- ^ a b "Interactive Data Visualisations: Towns: Newcastle West". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ^ a b "An Caisleán Nua/Newcastle". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 17 October 2021.