Crinkill
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Crinkill
Críonchoill | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Crinkill | |
| Coordinates: 53°04′48″N 7°53′55″W / 53.0800°N 7.8985°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Offaly |
| Population (2016)[1] | |
• Total | 682 |
Crinkill (Irish: Críonchoill), sometimes spelt Crinkle, is a village in County Offaly, Ireland, close to Birr.[2] Crinkill was designated as a census town by the Central Statistics Office for the first time in the 2016 census,[3] at which time it had a population of 682 people.[1]
The village originally grew up around a British Army military barracks, Birr Barracks, which was constructed around 1805. However, the barracks was abandoned by the British army around the time of Irish independence, and was burnt down in July 1922 as a result of the civil war that followed. Today only the ruins of the outer wall remain. In 2013, the Regimental Association of the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) erected a memorial to commemorate the regiment's strong linkages with the area.[4]