Brownstown (Irish: Baile an Bhrúnaigh) is a village in County Kildare, Ireland, south of The Curragh and east of Kildare Town. It is situated on the road from Athy to Newbridge closed to the village of Cutbush. Spanning the townlands of Brownstown Lower and Brownstown Great, it is located in the historical barony of Offaly East and the civil parish of Carn.[4][5] As of the 2016 census, the Central Statistics Office recorded Brownstown as having a population of 883 people.[1]
Brownstown
Baile an Bhrúnaigh | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Brownstown Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°08′10″N 6°50′24″W / 53.13618°N 6.84000°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Kildare |
| Elevation | 100 m (300 ft) |
| Population | 883 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | N 777 101 |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1936 | 118 | — |
| 1946 | 122 | +3.4% |
| 1951 | 116 | −4.9% |
| 1956 | 231 | +99.1% |
| 1961 | 186 | −19.5% |
| 1966 | 193 | +3.8% |
| 1971 | 195 | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 231 | +18.5% |
| 1986 | 453 | +96.1% |
| 1991 | 544 | +20.1% |
| 1996 | 462 | −15.1% |
| 2002 | 500 | +8.2% |
| 2006 | 482 | −3.6% |
| 2011 | 846 | +75.5% |
| 2016 | 883 | +4.4% |
| [2][3][1] | ||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Sapmap Area - Settlements Brownstown". Census 2016. CSO. April 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ http://www.cso.ie/census and www.histpop.org
- ^ "Brownstown (Kildare, All Towns, Ireland) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information".
- ^ "Baile an Bhrúnaigh Íochtarach / Brownstown Lower". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ "Baile an Bhrúnaigh Mór / Brownstown Great". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
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