Freshford, County Kilkenny
Freshford
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Village | |
| Coordinates: 52°44′00″N 7°24′00″W / 52.733333°N 7.4°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Kilkenny |
| Elevation | 75 m (246 ft) |
| Population (2016) | 662 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | S406649 |
| Website | www |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1821 | 1,812 | — |
| 1831 | 2,175 | +20.0% |
| 1841 | 2,075 | −4.6% |
| 1851 | 1,076 | −48.1% |
| 1861 | 953 | −11.4% |
| 1871 | 915 | −4.0% |
| 1881 | 733 | −19.9% |
| 1891 | 622 | −15.1% |
| 1901 | 551 | −11.4% |
| 1911 | 446 | −19.1% |
| 1926 | 413 | −7.4% |
| 1936 | 456 | +10.4% |
| 1946 | 474 | +3.9% |
| 1951 | 491 | +3.6% |
| 1956 | 626 | +27.5% |
| 1961 | 656 | +4.8% |
| 1966 | 565 | −13.9% |
| 1971 | 585 | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 747 | +27.7% |
| 1986 | 700 | −6.3% |
| 1991 | 651 | −7.0% |
| 1996 | 632 | −2.9% |
| 2002 | 756 | +19.6% |
| 2006 | 734 | −2.9% |
| 2011 | 685 | −6.7% |
| 2016 | 662 | −3.4% |
Freshford (Irish: Achadh Úr, meaning 'fresh field') is a village and former town in the barony of Crannagh, County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is 13 km north-west of Kilkenny city. The village is in a civil parish of the same name.