Republic of Ireland local authorities-County Carlow

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County nickname

GAA colours

Second largest town; an independent oil and gas exploration company was founded here in 1985, (although today the company is headquartered in London)

Intact megalithic portal tomb and listed monument whose capstone is believed to be the heaviest in Europe; also known as Kernanstown Cromlech

Crop that Carlow used to be the largest producer of in Ireland

The last what went extinct in 1786 after being shot and killed in the village of Fenagh?

Born here in 1799, this engineer is widely revered as the father of Irish railways, having designed and built Ireland's first passenger railway and many others

Actress brought up in Ardattin; best known for her roles in Brooklyn, the Grand Budapest Hotel, Lady Bird and Greta Gerwig's Little Women

American Founding Father, soldier, statesman and notorious slaveholder

Folk song officially used as Carlow's county anthem

Decorative fences produced here are made of this material, unusual for the construction of this structure

Plantation 'big house' in Clonegal that houses a sect devoted to the worship of the Egyptian goddess Isis in its basement

Elegant mansion on the banks of the Slaney, renowned for its magnificent ornamental gardens

Village on the Barrow home to a 12th century Norman castle