Bagenalstown

Bagenalstown, additionally known as Muine Bheag or Muinebheag, is a small metropolis on the River Barrow in County Carlow, Ireland. The town sprang up in the townland of Moneybeg, which comes from Irish Muine Bheag, that means 'small thicket'. In the 18th century there has been a small hamlet there. Walter Bagenal decided to build a city on the site, named 'New Versailles' and modelled after Versailles in France. However, shortly after the constructing started out the educate route from Dublin turned into changed so that coaches now crossed the River Barrow at Leighlinbridge as a substitute. Bagenal abandoned his plans, having built simplest a courthouse. It wasn't until the arrival of the railway in 1846 that the settlement started to develop right into a town.

The town became noted in English as 'Bagenalstown', however nearby Irish audio system persevered to refer to it as Muine Bheag. Following the introduction of the Irish Free State, Muine Bheag have become the city's most effective authentic name. A wide variety of different locations had been renamed likewise. The motto on the town's coat of arms is The Irrepressible Number and its Irish equivalent Uimhir Gan Choisc.