Arklow

Arklow (from Old Norse: Arnkell-lág meaning "meadow of Arnkell", Irish: An tInbhear Mór, meaning "the great estuary") is a town in County Wicklow on the east coast of Ireland. Founded by the Vikings in the ninth century, Arklow was the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the 1798 rebellion. Arklow's nearness to Dublin led to it becoming a thriving commuter town with a population of 13,009 at the 2011 census, making it the third largest town in the county.