of these. Clubs GAA clubs in the area include Tinryland GAA Club, Éire Óg GAA Club, Asca GAA Club, Palatine GAA club, and O'Hanrahans GAA Club. County Carlow Football Club is the local rugby union club, while F.C. Carlow is a local association football club. Carlow also has boxing clubs, an athletics club (St Laurence O'Toole Athletics Club), a golf club, a rowing club, a tennis club, a hockey club and the Carlow Jaguar Scooter Club. (Founded in 1979, this latter club is one of the longest-running scooter clubs in Ireland or England). Climate Carlow is in a maritime temperate oceanic region according to Köppen climate classification. It experiences cool winters, mild humid summers, and a lack of temperature extremes. Met Éireann records climate data for Carlow from their station at Oak Park, situated at above sea level. The coldest month is February, with an average minimum temperature of , and the hottest month is July, with an average maximum temperature of . The driest months are April and May, with and of rain respectively. The wettest month is November, with of rain on average. Humidity is high year-round and rainfall is evenly distributed throughout the year. People Sir John Bere (died 1617) – Crown official, Burgess of Carlow and MP for Carlow Borough 1613-15 John Brettan () – Baron of the Court of Exchequer John Tyndall (1820–1893) – physicist John Lyons (1824–1867) – recipient of the Victoria Cross Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh (1831–1889) – politician John Augustine Sheppard (1849–1925) – Monsignor, Vicar general of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark Eoghan Ó Tuairisc (1919–1982) – composer of Irish poetry in the Irish-language. Born at Ballinasloe, County Galway, but lived his later years at Carlow with his second wife. Kathryn Thomas (b. 1979) – television presenter for RTÉ Seán O'Brien (b. 1987) – Irish international rugby player John Gibbons – record producer, DJ Pádraig Amond (b. 1988) – Irish professional footballer who plays for Newport County Saoirse Ronan (b. 1994) – actress, born in America Twin towns Carlow is twinned with the following places: Davenport, Iowa, United States Tempe, Arizona, United States Dole, Jura, France Northwich, Cheshire, England See also List of towns and villages in Ireland High Sheriff of Carlow Lyster – English occupational surname, mentioned in histories as transplanted to Carlow in Ireland Notes References External links Carlow County Council County towns in the Republic of Ireland Towns and