placenamesHacklow
Hacklow's crossroads connect the surviving lanes around Old Kilcullen, while a county archival study records the birthplace of Cumann na mBan member Mary Wright.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Hacklow · English · main form
Place & story
Lanes around the hill
Lorg Lane links Hacklow with Halverstown Cross, following the foot of the hill below Old Kilcullen. A heritage-trail feasibility study completed in 2024 identified surviving stone-wall fragments within its hedgerows and suggested that the lane preserves part of a medieval landscape arrangement. Moat Lane connects Hacklow Cross with the approach to Old Kilcullen. The report records these local names alongside the numbered roads, preserving distinctions that ordinary road signs can obscure. [2]
Reopening old connections
In February 2021 Councillor Robert Power asked how a heritage trail, including reopening Hacklow Road, could be prepared for funding. The council reported an application to investigate the deserted medieval settlement, supported by the Old Kilcullen Community Association. Residents were discussing possible reopening of old roads with landowners. This was an exploratory project: the minutes anticipated further funding once routes became clearer, rather than recording the opening of a completed trail. [3]
Mary Wright of Hacklow
Mary Wright was born at Hacklow in 1901, a daughter of tailor Terence Wright and Eliza Neill. Karel Kiely's county archival study identifies her as a member of Kilcullen Cumann na mBan before the July 1921 Truce, and names three brothers who were also activists. It also records the limits of official recognition: her Service Medal application failed because her service could not be established. She died in 1979 and was buried at Rathnew Cemetery, Kilcullen. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Kildare
- Barony
- Kilcullen
- Civil parish
- Kilcullen
- Civil parish
- Tully
- Within
- Ballysax East
- Within
- Moortown
- Within
- Oldkilcullen
- Coordinates
- 53.10046, -6.77184
- Logainm ID
- 1411334 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Hacklow. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Old Kilcullen Heritage Trail Feasibility Study, 2024, pages 9 and 15–18 · Hayes Ryan Landscape Architecture; Kildare County Council
- Kildare-Newbridge Municipal District minutes, 17 February 2021, KN38/0221 · Kildare County Council
- Rebel Hearts: A biographical list of republican women activists in Co. Kildare 1913–1923, Mary Wright, printed page 90 · Karel Kiely; Kildare County Archives and Local Studies, 2023
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-05-27. How this page was prepared.