Send flowers to Carlow

Carlow is the county town of County Carlow and, with about 27,000 people, the twelfth-largest urban centre in Ireland. It lies on the River Barrow, 84 kilometres from Dublin, and its history runs from the Norman Carlow Castle to the Cathedral of the Assumption, the first Catholic cathedral built in Ireland after Catholic emancipation in 1829.

Both banks of the Barrow

The Barrow once marked the boundary between Laois and Carlow, and Graiguecullen, on the western bank, is still partly in County Laois although it is very much part of the town. Delivery covers the town centre, Graiguecullen, the estates on the Tullow and Kilkenny roads, and villages nearby such as Tullow, Bagenalstown and Leighlinbridge. Muine Bheag, the Irish name for Bagenalstown, also appears on some addresses, and the newer estates on the edge of town can have similar-sounding names. The Eircode tells the driver which side of the county line the house is on.

Hospitals and funerals

Carlow has no acute general hospital of its own, and many patients from the town are treated at St Luke's General Hospital in Kilkenny, listed on its own page. Find out about the ward rules before ordering.

Carlow follows the Irish custom of holding the funeral very soon after a death. If the death notice asks for family flowers only, wait a little and send a bouquet to the home, perhaps with a card that simply says you are thinking of them.

Did you know? Graiguecullen Bridge over the River Barrow in Carlow is agreed to date from 1569.