Arklow

Arklow is a town in County Wicklow at the east coast of Ireland, left out by way of Arklow Hill. It changed into based by using the Vikings inside the 9th century. Arklow become the website of one of the bloodiest battles of the 1798 rebellion. Its proximity to Dublin led to it turning into a commuter metropolis with a population of 14,353 as of the 2016 census. Arklow is on the mouth of the River Avoca, the longest river absolutely within County Wicklow.

The metropolis is divided via the river, that is crossed by way of the Nineteen Arches Bridge, a stone arch bridge linking the southern or principal part of the metropolis with the northern component, called Ferrybank. The Nineteen Arches Bridge is the longest handmade stone bridge in Ireland and is considered a well-known landmark. The plaque at the south give up of the bridge is testimony to this. The city's English call derives from Arnkell's Lag. Its Irish name, Inbhear Mor or An tInbhear Mor, way the massive estuary.