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Baron Arklow was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom that has been created twice. Arklow is a town in County Wicklow in Ireland.
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Baron Arklow war ein erblicher britischer Adelstitel, der zweimal in der Peerage of the United Kingdom verliehen wurde. Der Titel ist nach der Stadt Arklow im irischen County Wicklow benannt.
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The town's English name derives from Arnkell's Lág (Arnkell was a Viking leader; a "lág" (low) was an area of land). Its Irish name, Inbhear Mór or An tInbhear Mór, means the large estuary. It is also known in Irish as Inbhear Dé, from the River Avonmore's older name, Abhainn Dé. Historically it was a major seafaring town, with both the shipping an...
There are five primary schools located in the town, St. Joseph's Templerainey, St Micheal's and St Peter's Junior School, St. John's Senior National School, Carysfort National School and Gaelscoilan Inbhir Mhóir. There are four secondary schools within the town, which are St. Mary's College, St.Kevin's C.B.S., Glenart College and Gaelcholáiste na M...
Road
The M11 from Dublin to Rosslarebypasses Arklow between junctions 20 and 21. A 16.5 km upgrade to the N11 between Arklow and Rathnew began in April 2014 and was completed in July 2015. This connected the then-existing M11 Arklow Bypass with the existing M11 Rathnew/Ashford Bypass creating a motorway from Dublin to Gorey. This project also included the construction of a service area on the M11 Northbound, just north of Gorey, with direct access from the M11 Southbound via an overpass.
Rail
Rail connections are provided by Iarnród Éireann along the Dublin-Rosslare railway line, including commuter and intercity services in and out of the capital. Arklow railway stationopened on 16 November 1863.
Bus
Bus Éireann provides several routes through Arklow, including the 2, 2X, 133 and 133X services.In addition, Wexford Bus operates several services linking Arklow with Dublin Airport.
Industry
In 1884, Charles Stewart Parnell rented Big Rock townland from his cousin William Proby, Earl of Carysfort, and commenced quarrying. Parnell was also a supporter of the Arklow harbour scheme. The Parnell quarries closed in the 1920s. In the early part of the 20th century, a large munitions factory, Kynoch, was established on the north side of the town. This factory employed several thousand workers during the First World War but closed shortly after it, all production being moved to South Afr...
Shipping and shipbuilding
The former national sail training vessel Asgard II was built by John Tyrrell & Son Ltd in Arklow. Another John Tyrrell & Son boat, Gipsy Moth III, was sailed to victory by Francis Chichesterin the 1st Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race in 1960. His time of 40 and 1/2 days was 16 days faster than the previous record crossing. While now more focused on leisure traffic than commercial traffic, Arklow Harbour remains the headquarters of Arklow Shipping, numerically the largest shipping company in...
Retail
Arklow services a large catchment area (including a number of surrounding towns and villages) and has approximately 32,000m² of retail space. As of 2018, approximately 20% of this retail space was vacant.Among the town's largest retail centres is the Bridgewater Shopping Centre, which opened in 2007 and was sold in 2016 for €33.25 million.
Water quality
As of 2007, the River Avoca was classified as "seriously polluted" by the Irish EPA as a result of the discharge of sewage directly into the river in addition to a long history of industrial pollution in the area from early mining operations and more recent chemical industries. In previous centuries, Arklow was renowned for oysterbeds. Raw effluent from the town still travels through the drainage system built in the 1930s and 1940s, and enters the River Avoca untreated via several sewage outf...
Services and development
A recycling centre is located in one of the town's industrial estates. It is run by Wicklow County Council. A few kilometres into the Irish Sea is the Arklow Bank Wind Park. Opened in 2004, this wind farm consists of seven 106m turbines, with GE3.6 MW generators. On 19 October 2022, one of the turbines was struck by lightning and severely damaged.
The local Gaelic football club, Arklow Geraldines Ballymoney GAA, was founded in 1999 and is based at Pearse Park. Arklow Rock Parnells GAA club, founded in 1953, is primarily involved in hurling and camogieand plays at Parnell Park. The town's association football clubs include Arklow Town F.C. (founded in 1948), Arklow United F.C. (Ferndale Park)...
The Seabreeze Festival is a three-day event in mid-July.The festival includes a number of live shows and events at various venues throughout the town, ending in a fireworks display. Arklow has been both the birthplace and place of residence for many artists such as George Campbell who was born there, the son of the self-taught artist Gretta Bowen. ...
Arklow had a board of town commissioners created under the Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act 1854. This was a tier of local government below that of the county. The town commissioners became an urban district council in the early twentieth century. The urban district council became a town council in 2002. It was abolished by the Local Government Refo...
Ron Delany, won Ireland's last gold medal in track and field at the 1956 Olympicsin the 1500mCiarán Hyland, Gaelic footballer with WicklowIn addition to being the Duke of Albany, he was also the Earl of Clarence and Baron Arklow. He had a sister, Alice , who was a year and a half older. [15] Being an intensely anxious child, he often looked to Alice for support, a habit that continued throughout his adulthood. [16]
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (Leopold George Duncan Albert; 7 April 1853 – 28 March 1884) was the eighth child and youngest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Leopold was later created Duke of Albany, Earl of Clarence, and Baron Arklow. He had haemophilia, which contributed to his death following a fall at the age of 30.
The Titles Deprivation Act 1917 [1] is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom which authorised enemies of the United Kingdom during the First World War to be deprived of their British peerages and royal titles. [3] Background. The British royal family was closely related to many of the royal and princely families of Germany.
