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A visit to Rathvilly, Co. Carlow in 2020

A slideshow of photos I took during my first visit to Rathvilly in County Carlow on Tuesday 14th July 2020. Rathvilly (Irish: Ráth Bhile, meaning "ringfort of the trees") is a village in County Carlow. The village is located on the River Slaney near the border with County Wicklow, 11 km from Tullow and 8 km from Baltinglass. It is also on the N81 Dublin-Tullow Road. The area has the family seat of Baron Rathdonnell. Rathvilly has won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition on three separate occasions, 1961, 1963, and 1968. In the centre of the village there is a statue dedicated to Kevin Barry, an 18-year-old who was executed for his part in the Irish War of Independence on 1 November 1920. Though from Dublin, Barry had family locally, and had attended the national school in Rathvilly. Rathvilly Moat, a medieval structure, is found one mile off the village on the Hacketstown road. The Lisnavagh Estate lies just outside the village of Rathvilly. St. Patrick's Church in Rathvilly was built between 1883 and 1887. William Hague designed this church in Gothic Style. It was built by John Harris from Monasterevin. The interior was re-ordered in 1988. It is one of three churches in Rathvilly-Kiltegan Parish in the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin. St. Mary's Church of Ireland in Rathvilly was built in 1751. The transepts and chancel were added in 1848. It is one of four churches in the Baltinglass Union of Parishes in the Diocese of Cashel, Ferns and Ossory. Rathvilly GAA club is the village's Gaelic Athletic Association team. The teams play in Green and Gold jerseys and have won the Carlow Senior Football Championship 8 times in their history. The club's most recent championship win came in 2014. Rathvilly's Brendan Murphy has represented his country in the annual AFL series on several occasions.In 2015, a Rathvilly team won the Under 16 Carlow A Championship. In 2013, the Rathvilly Junior-A team completed the double, winning both championship and league finals. Rathvilly had a railway station on the former Sallins-Tullow railway line. Rathvilly railway station opened on 1 June 1886, closed for passenger traffic on 27 January 1947 and finally closed altogether on 1 April 1959.