Blessington
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![Saint Mary's Church and Monument.](/Images/godic/202501/01/IMG_Blessington5540w0336.jpg")
![Gold lunula (2400 BCE - 2000 BCE) found in Blessington and now in the British Museum](/Images/godic/202501/01/Blessington_lunula.BM.WG.310336.jpg")
Blessington, historically known as Ballycomeen (Irish:Baile Coimín, meaning "town of Comyn", from the Irish surname Ó Coimín), is a town on the River Liffey in Wicklow, Ireland, near the border with Kildare. It is around 25 km south-west of Dublin, and is situated on the N81 road which connects Dublin to Tullow.