Grangecon (Irish: Gráinseach Choinn, meaning 'grange of the hound')[1] is a village in County Wicklow, Ireland.

[citation needed] While the name Grange Con is said to be of Celtic origin the earliest recorded history of it is from the Middle Ages when the Abbot of Baltinglass Abbey had a castle built there.

parish of Ballynure, barony of Upper Talbotstown, county of Wicklow, and province of Leinster, 3 miles (N.) from Baltinglass; containing 81 inhabitants.

It is situated on the road from Baltinglass to Ballitore, and contains a good house called the Hall, the residence of Stephen Wilson, Esq.

Near it are Ballynure and Grange-Con, the former the seat of H. Carroll, Esq., and the latter, till of late, the residence of H. Harrington, Esq.

[citation needed] It is located in an area of mixed agriculture, and has much bloodstock activity including the breeding and training of racehorses.

[citation needed] Paddy Sleator, a trainer of National Hunt horses, had his establishment here, as did Francis Flood.