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Ballymurphy
Ballymurphy Village of Ballymurphy, County Carlow, Ire.

Carlow

county, Ireland
Also known as: Ceatharlach
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Carlow, county in the province of Leinster, southeastern Ireland. The town of Carlow, in the northwest, is the county seat. One of the smallest Irish counties, Carlow is bounded by Counties Kildare (north), Wicklow and Wexford (east), and Kilkenny and Laoighis (west). In the east are the granitic mountains of the Leinster Chain, which are crossed by the River Slaney and flanked to the west by the River Barrow valley; west of the valley is...

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