Derrinturn Explained

Derrinturn
Native Name:Irish: Doire an tSoirn
Native Name Lang:ga
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Leinster
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:County Kildare
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:2
Population As Of:2022
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population:1837
Population Density Km2:auto
Utc Offset1:+0
Timezone1 Dst:IST (WEST)
Utc Offset1 Dst:-1
Coordinates:53.3396°N -6.9401°W
Elevation M:85
Blank Name:Irish Grid Reference

Derrinturn [2] is a village in County Kildare, Ireland. It is part of the parish of Carbury. It is located about 60km (40miles) from Dublin.

The main road through Derrinturn is the R403 regional road.

The population was 1,837 as of the 2022 census, an increase of 1000% from 1961 when only 183 people lived in the village.[3] [1]

Derrinturn has one Roman Catholic church and a primary school St. Conleth's (Naomh Connlaodh).[4]

Derrinturn townland has an area of .[5] It borders the townlands of Ballyhagan to the west, Ballyshannon to the east, Coonagh to the east, Dreenan to the south, Newbury Demesne to the north, and Rathmore to the south.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Interactive Data Visualisations: Towns: Derrinturn . Census 2022 . Central Statistics Office. 30 September 2023.
  2. Web site: Doire an tSoirn / Derrinturn . Placenames Database of Ireland . logainm.ie . 5 October 2021.
  3. Web site: Derrinturn (Kildare, All Towns, Ireland) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information.
  4. Web site: St Conleth's National School. www.stconlethsns.ie. 2019-03-27.
  5. Web site: Derrinturn Townland, Co. Kildare. www.townlands.ie. 2019-03-27.