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The County Kildare Archaeological Society is a historical and archaeological society in County Kildare in Ireland. The society's original stated aim was "the promotion of the study and knowledge of the antiquities and objects of interest in the county and surrounding districts." [1] It was founded in 1891 in a meeting at Palmerstown House ...
Jigginstown Castle is a ruined 17th-century house [5] and National Monument near Naas, County Kildare, Ireland. It was constructed in the late 1630s when Ireland was under the reign of Charles I (1625–1649). [6] At the time it was one of the largest buildings in Ireland, and the first to be constructed of red brick said to have been imported ...
Dublin. St. Mary's Church, Castlemartin, located in the broad Kilcullen area of County Kildare, Ireland, is the first medieval church in Ireland to have been restored to full working order. The small stone Roman Catholic church, with accompanying burial ground, lies within Castlemartin Estate, which belonged for many years to media magnate Tony ...
Kill GAA reached the semi-finals of the Kildare SF championships in 1962. Kill player Kieran O'Malley was a member of the Kildare team that contested the 1958 National Football League final. Kill GAA club also won both Junior A and Junior B County football championships, the Jack Higgins Cup, and were awarded club of the year in 1992.
An inland town on Ptolemy's map of Ireland in 100 AD may be Rheban on the Barrow River, according to the only written records from pre-Christian County Kildare.The estimated date for the abandonment of the sacred pre-Christian site of Knockaulin/ Dún Áilinne is 400 AD, the traditional date for the foundation of the monastery at Cill Dara is 490 AD, the date for the death of the first Bishop ...
Taghadoe. Tea Lane Graveyard. The Curragh. Categories: Archaeological sites in the Republic of Ireland by county. History of County Kildare. Buildings and structures in County Kildare. Geography of County Kildare. Tourist attractions in County Kildare.
Great Connell, Newbridge, County Kildare. Coordinates. 53°10′20.88646″N 6°46′32.14294″W. / 53.1724684611°N 6.7755952611°W / 53.1724684611; -6.7755952611. Public access. yes. Surviving remains of the east window of Great Connell Priory. Great Connell Priory ( Irish: Prióireacht Chonnail Mhór) is a former house of ...
Rathcoffey Castle was a small castle or tower house for a few hundred years until a three- storey classical house was wrapped around the old structure which was retained. Internally the old castle consisted of one room divided in two by a freestanding double-sided fireplace.