| Castlecomer Caisleán an Chomair
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Castlecomer
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| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Kilkenny |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Urban | 1,531 |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC-1) |
| Irish Grid Reference | S532731 |
| Website | www.castlecomer.ie |
| Historical populations | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1821 | 905 | — |
| 1831 | 2,436 | +169.2% |
| 1841 | 1,765 | −27.5% |
| 1851 | 1,694 | −4.0% |
| 1861 | 1,435 | −15.3% |
| 1871 | 1,321 | −7.9% |
| 1881 | 1,182 | −10.5% |
| 1891 | 1,019 | −13.8% |
| 1901 | 958 | −6.0% |
| 1911 | 872 | −9.0% |
| 1926 | 829 | −4.9% |
| 1936 | 809 | −2.4% |
| 1946 | 718 | −11.2% |
| 1951 | 722 | +0.6% |
| 1956 | 1,191 | +65.0% |
| 1961 | 1,129 | −5.2% |
| 1966 | 1,141 | +1.1% |
| 1971 | 1,244 | +9.0% |
| 1981 | 1,548 | +24.4% |
| 1986 | 1,490 | −3.7% |
| 1991 | 1,396 | −6.3% |
| 1996 | 1,380 | −1.1% |
| 2002 | 1,482 | +7.4% |
| 2006 | 1,531 | +3.3% |
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Castlecomer (Irish: Caisleán an Chomair) is a town in the barony of Fassadinin, County Kilkenny in Ireland.
The Irish name for the town translates to "The castle at the confluence of the rivers"; the "rivers" refers to the rivers Deen, Brocagh and Clohogue while the "castle" refers to the castle built by the Normans in 1171 which is located on the mound opposite the gates to "Castlecomer Demesne".
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It is located in the province of Leinster at the meeting of N78 and R694 roads about 16 km (9.9 mi) roads north of Kilkenny city in the south-east of the island of Ireland. Castlecomer rural area has an area of 23,417 hectares. The town's square is graced with Georgian houses surrounded by Lime trees.
As of the 2006 census, by the Central Statistics Office, Castlecomer town's population, which includes Donaguile, was 1,531. This was a 3.3% change since 2002.[6] The Castlecomer rural area has a population of 8,280.[7]
Castlecomer railway station opened on 21 February 1921 but was closed for passenger traffic on 26 January 1931 and finally closed altogether on 1 January 1963.[8] Castlecomer is situated on the Dublin to Clonmel Bus Eireann bus route.
The local government is Kilkenny County Council. Castlecomer and its rural area forms an Electoral District which includes Attanagh, Ballyragget, Castlecomer, Clogh, Clogharinka, Moneenroe, Mothell and Muckalee.
Agriculture employes about 100 people. The Castlecomer district has 60 farms. These range between 10 and 100 hectares with a total of 2003 hectares being farmed. There are 4451 cattle and 768 sheep, and farming is done with grassland machines, tillage machines, tractors, winter feeding and milking equipments. Speicalist farms include beef production, dairy and mixed grazing linestock.[9]
Erin's Own GAA is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club.
Deen Celtic A.F.C. is the local Soccer Club in Castlecomer.
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