{{Short description|Civil parish and townland in County Wicklow, Ireland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Preban''' is a civil parish and townland in County Wicklow, Ireland.<ref name="townlandsIE">{{cite web|url = https://www.townlands.ie/wicklow/ballinacor-south/preban/ballinglen/preban/ | website = townlands.ie | title = Preban Townland, Co. Wicklow | accessdate = 16 September 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |chapter-url = https://www.libraryireland.com/topog/P/Preban-Ballinacor-Wicklow.php | via = libraryireland.com | title = A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland | chapter = Preban | date = 1837 | publisher = Lewis | editor-first = Samuel | editor-last = Lewis }}</ref> Preban townland, which has an area of approximately {{convert|1.12|km2}},<ref name="townlandsIE"/> had a population of 54 people as of the 2011 census.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://data.gov.ie/dataset/cd174-wicklow-population-by-private-households-occupied-and-vacancy-rate | publisher = Central Statistics Office | website = data.gov.ie | title = CD174 - Wicklow Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate | date = 2011 | accessdate = 17 September 2025 | quote = Population [..] Townlands [..] Preban, Ballinglen, Co. Wicklow: 54}}</ref> The Record of Monuments and Places records an ecclesiastical enclosure, ruined church and graveyard, as well as a number of other possible hut and enclosure sites, within Preban townland.<ref>{{cite book | title = Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow | place = Dublin | publisher = Government Stationery Office | date = 1997 | isbn = 0707649439 | editor-last1 = Kilfeather | editor-first1 = Annaba | editor-last2 = Grogan | editor-first2 = Eoin}}</ref>
Preban's Church of Ireland church, dedicated to Saint John and built in 1827, is in the townland of Tomcoyle.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/16403905/saint-johns-church-preban-tomcoyle-wicklow | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | title = Saint John's Church (Preban), Tomcoyle, Wicklow | accessdate = 17 September 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://tinahely.wicklowheritage.org/places/places-of-worship/st-johns-church-preban | website = tinahely.wicklowheritage.org | title = St John's Church Preban | accessdate = 17 September 2025 }}</ref> Listed by Wicklow County Council as a protected structure,<ref>{{citation | url = https://www.wicklow.ie/Portals/0/adam/Documents/sXx7zsHbtEmnlSzlVIjOow/Link/Appendix%204%20-%20Record%20of%20Protected%20Structures.pdf | publisher = Wicklow County Council | title = Wicklow County Development Plan 2022-2028 - Appendix 4 - Record of Protected Structures | date = 2022 | accessdate = 17 September 2025 | page = 51 }}</ref> it is a church of Tinahely Carnew Parish within the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cashel, Ferns and Ossory.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://tinahelycarnewunion.com/ | title = Tinahely Carnew Parish | website = tinahelycarnewunion.com | accessdate = 17 September 2025 }}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://heritage.wicklowheritage.org/category/places/preban_graveyard Wicklowheritage.org - Preban graveyard] * [https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wicklowpeople/uncovering-prebans-forgotten-heritage-39459852.html Wicklow People - "Uncovering Preban's forgotten heritage" - August 2020]
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Category:Civil parishes of County Wicklow Category:Townlands of County Wicklow {{Wicklow-geo-stub}}