title: Kildavin
text: # Kildavin
  
  Kildavin (Irish: Cill Damháin) is a small village in County Carlow, Ireland. Situated on at the junction of the N80 national secondary road and the R724 regional road, it lies 5 km north of Bunclody, County Wexford at the northern end of the Blackstairs Mountains.
  
  ## Fauna
  
  The River Slaney at Kildavin is one of a limited number of places in Ireland where the rare goosander is seen in winter. Examples of yellowhammer (an increasingly rare songbird in Ireland) and the great spotted woodpecker have also been seen here.
  
  