Newtownmountkennedy

Newtownmountkennedy
Irish: Baile an Chinnéidigh
Town
Coillte HQ in Newtownmountkennedy
Coillte HQ in Newtownmountkennedy
Newtownmountkennedy is located in Ireland
Newtownmountkennedy
Newtownmountkennedy
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°05′24″N 6°06′37″W / 53.090107°N 6.110287°W / 53.090107; -6.110287
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Wicklow
Elevation
82 m (269 ft)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total
2,835
 • Demonym
Newtowner
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid ReferenceO262062

Newtownmountkennedy (Irish: Baile an Chinnéidigh, meaning 'Kennedy's town') is a small town in County Wicklow, Ireland. It developed within the historic townland of Ballygarny (Irish: Baile Ó gCearnaigh)[2] (now Mount Kennedy Demesne), although all that remains is a motte where a church, graveyard and a castle or tower house once stood just 0.85 km (0.53 mi) north of the town.[3] It acquired its present name in the mid-seventeenth-century, when Sir Robert Kennedy, M.P. for Kildare, made it his principal residence.[4] It is just off the N11 road to Wexford, just south of Kilpedder and south-west of Greystones. It is about 15 km (9.3 mi) north of Wicklow town, 15 km (9.3 mi) south of Bray and approximately 35 km (22 mi) from Dublin. This town has one of the longest place names in Ireland, so is sometimes abbreviated to NTMK.[5]

Between the 2011 and 2016 census, the population of the town increased by 17.6% (from 2,410 to 2,835 inhabitants), one of the highest growth rates in County Wicklow on the period.[6][1][7] The area is a dormitory town for some workers commuting to Bray and Dublin.[citation needed]

The headquarters of Coillte, the Irish Forestry Board, are situated in the village forest. Newtownmountkennedy is in the Roman Catholic parish of Kilquade and one of the Kilquade parish's two chapels of ease is located in the village at the junction with the Roundwood Road.

  1. ^ a b "Sapmap Area - Settlement - Newtownmountkennedy". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016.
  2. ^ "Newtownmountkennedy". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Ballygarny (Mount Kennedy) Church". newtownmountkennedy.net. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  4. ^ Ball, F.Elrington History of Dublin 6 Volumes Alexander Thom and Co. 1902-1920 Vol.4 p. 78
  5. ^ "THE PARISH REGISTERS OF CHRIST CHURCH, DELGANY VOLUME 3 § List of Abbreviations" (PDF). Church of Ireland. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Newtownmountkennedy Legal Town Results". Central Statistics Office. 2011.
  7. ^ "Newtown is fastest-growing town". Bray People. Independent News & Media. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2020.