County Kildare Contae Chill Dara
Location
Statistics
Province:	Leinster
County Town:	Naas
Code:	KE
Area:	1,693 km²
Population (2006)	186,075
Website: www.kildare.ie

County Kildare (Irish: Contae Chill Dara) is an Irish county located to the southwest of Dublin in the province of Leinster. The name comes from the Irish, meaning church (Cill) of the oaks (Dara). map File links The following pages link to this file: County Kildare Categories: GFDL images ... When under Gaelic rule, Ireland was divided into provinces to replace the earlier system of the túatha. ... Statistics Area: 19,774. ... A county town is the capital of a county in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... A number plate for a car registered in 2001 in County Dublin Index marks on Number plates in the Republic of Ireland issued since 1987 have the format YY-CC-SSSSSS where the components are: YY — a 2-digit year (e. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... A county is generally a sub-unit of regional self-government within a sovereign jurisdiction. ... Dublin city centre at night WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Statistics Province: Leinster County: Dáil Éireann: Dublin Central, Dublin North Central, Dublin North East, Dublin North West, Dublin South Central, Dublin South East European Parliament: Dublin Dialling Code: +353 1 Postal District(s): D1-24, D6W Area: 114. ... Statistics Area: 19,774. ...

Kildare is bordered by the counties of Carlow, Laois, Meath, Offaly, Dublin and Wicklow. Kildare is part of the "Greater Dublin Area", a regional area surrounding Dublin. Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Carlow Code: CW Area: 896 km² Population (2006) 50,471 Website: www. ... Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Portlaoise Code: LS Area: 1,719 km² Population (2006) 69,012 Website: www. ... Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Navan Code: MH Area: 2,342 km² Population (2006) 162,831 Website: www. ... Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Tullamore Code: OY Area: 1,999 km² Population (2006) 70,604 Website: www. ... Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Dublin Code: D Area: 921 km² Population (2006) 1,186,821 County Dublin (Irish: Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath), or more correctly today the Dublin Region[1] (Réigiúin Átha Cliath), is the area that contains the city of Dublin, the capital and largest city... Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Wicklow Code: WW Area: 2,024 km² Population (2007) 114,676 Website: www. ... Greater Dublin Area (GDA) is a loosely defined term which is used to describe the city of Dublin and the counties of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal, Kildare, Meath, South Dublin and Wicklow of the Republic of Ireland. ...

Major towns

The town of Kildare is the oldest in the county and the most historic. Naas (Nás na Rí in Irish - meaning meeting place of kings) is the county town. Kildare (Irish: Cill Dara) is a town in County Kildare, Republic of Ireland. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...

Newbridge (Droichead Nua) is Kildare's largest town and is situated in the centre of the county, near the Curragh plain. It is a thriving and rapidly growing town of over 20,000. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Irish Grid Reference N801152 Statistics Province: Leinster County: Elevation: 90 m Population (2006)  - Town:  - Rural:   17,042  1,478 Website: www. ... The Curragh is a plain in County Kildare Ireland. ...

Maynooth (Maigh Nuad) is the historic educational centre of the county. It contains the National University of Ireland, Maynooth and St Patrick's College, Maynooth. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... The National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM) was founded in 1997 by the Universities Act, 1997 as a constituent university of the National University of Ireland. ... St Patricks College, Maynooth is the National Seminary for Ireland, a college and seminary often called Maynooth College located at Maynooth, Ireland - official established as the Roman Catholic College of St Patrick. ...

Leixlip (Léim an Bhradáin) town is the industrial centre of north Kildare, with large Intel and Hewlett-Packard facilities, while Kilcock (Cill Choca) is a town located 6 kilometres (4 miles) from Maynooth. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Irish Grid Reference O003360 Statistics Province: Leinster County: Elevation: 46 m Population (2002)  - Town:  - Rural:   15,016  15,154 Website: kildare. ... Intel Irelands parent company - the giant U.S. based Intel microprocesser business - is a quoted company trading on the NASDAQ exchange. ... The Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ), commonly known as HP, is a very large, global company headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...

Celbridge (Cill Droichid) is the largest one street town in Ireland and nearby Straffan is the site of the K Club Golf Course which hosted golf's Ryder Cup 2006. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Statistics Province: Leinster County: Elevation: 70 m Population (2006)  - Town:  - Rural:   c. ... The Kildare Hotel and Golf Club (usually referred to as the K Club) is a golf and leisure complex located at Straffan, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland. ... The Ryder Cup is a golf trophy contested biennially in an event called the Ryder Cup Matches by teams from Europe and the United States. ...

Monasterevin (Mainistir Éimhín) is the site of the 6th century Moore Abbey founded by St Evin. Monasterevin (Mainistir Eimhín in Irish) is a town in County Kildare in the Republic of Ireland. ... The 6th century is the period from 501 - 600 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. ...

East Kildare's population has increased rapidly, for example the amount of housing in the Naas suburb of Sallins has increased six-fold since the mid 1990s. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...

History

Looking east across the broad plains of South Kildare to the distant Wicklow Hills

Kildare was shired in 1297 and assumed its present borders in 1832. Main article at History of County Kildare. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (3888 × 2592 pixel, file size: 3. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (3888 × 2592 pixel, file size: 3. ... A shire is an administrative area of Great Britain and Australia. ... Events 8 January - Monaco gains independence. ... Self-illuminating Border flower pot between Burghausen, Salzach(river) in Germany and Ach in Austria. ... Year 1832 (MDCCCXXXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... County Kildare was first defined as a diocese in 1111, shired in 1297 and assumed its present borders in 1832. ...

Transport and infrastructure

County Kildare houses the hub of Ireland's network of major roads. Mountain road with hairpin turns in the French Alps For other uses, see Road (disambiguation). ...

The N4(M4) from Dublin to Sligo travels along the north of the county by-passing the towns of Leixlip, Celbridge, Maynooth and Kilcock. The N4 road is a National primary route in the Republic of Ireland, running from Dublin to the northwest of Ireland and Sligo Town. ... Dublin city centre at night WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Statistics Province: Leinster County: Dáil Éireann: Dublin Central, Dublin North Central, Dublin North East, Dublin North West, Dublin South Central, Dublin South East European Parliament: Dublin Dialling Code: +353 1 Postal District(s): D1-24, D6W Area: 114. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... A county is generally a sub-unit of regional self-government within a sovereign jurisdiction. ... Bypass may refer to: In road construction, bypass route, a road or highway that goes around a more congested or problem area. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Irish Grid Reference O003360 Statistics Province: Leinster County: Elevation: 46 m Population (2002)  - Town:  - Rural:   15,016  15,154 Website: kildare. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...

The N7(M7) from Dublin to Limerick runs through the county and by-passes the towns of Naas, Newbridge, Kildare and Monasterevin. This road is commonly dubbed the "Naas Dual carriageway" because when it was originally up-graded in 1964 the road from Dublin to Naas was a double lane carriageway, one of the first of its kind in Ireland. The M7 motorway is a motorway in Ireland that runs continuously from the outskirts of Naas to south of Portlaoise. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Irish Grid Reference R574572 Statistics Province: Munster County: Area: 20. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... Newbridge is the name of at least two places: Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland - sometimes known by its Irish name, Droichead Nua Newbridge, Wales (traditionally in Monmouthshire), United Kingdom Newbridge, Wolverhampton, a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might... Kildare (Irish: Cill Dara) is a town in County Kildare, Republic of Ireland. ... Monasterevin (Mainistir Eimhín in Irish) is a town in County Kildare in the Republic of Ireland. ... This early German Autobahn uses a dual carriageway design. ...

The N9(M9) is another National Primary Route that commences at Kilcullen and ends at Waterford. The first few miles of this are motorway which essentially by-passes Kilcullen. From there it is a single lane carriageway passing towns such as Timolin, Moone and Castledermot before leaving the County at the County Carlow border. The N9 road is a National Primary Road in the Republic of Ireland running from Junction 9 on the M7 motorway, located near Newbridge, County Kildare, to Waterford city. ... A typical Irish road sign in Mullingar, County Westmeath Ireland, both north and south of the border, has an extensive network of roads. ... Kilcullen is a small town in County Kildare with a population of about 4,000 people. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Irish Grid Reference S604123 Statistics Province: Munster County: Area: 41. ... Moone is a small village in the south of Co. ... Castledermot (Diseart Diarmad in Irish), meaning Dermots Hermitage) is an inland town in the south-east of Ireland in County Kildare, about 75km from Dublin, and 10km from the town of Carlow. ... Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Carlow Code: CW Area: 896 km² Population (2006) 50,471 Website: www. ...

The County is also served by the trains connecting the Dublin to Munster, South Leinster, and South Connaught, with daily connections to Cork, Waterford, Limerick, and Galway. The principal Irish Rail intercity train station in the county is Kildare, however, Newbridge, Sallins and Hazelhatch are also served by a Dublin commuter train service called the Arrow. Look up cork in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Irish Grid Reference S604123 Statistics Province: Munster County: Area: 41. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Irish Grid Reference R574572 Statistics Province: Munster County: Area: 20. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Statistics Province: Connacht County: Dáil Éireann: Galway West European Parliament: North-West Dialling Code: 091 Postal District(s): G Area: 50. ... Iarnród Éireann (IÉ; in English Irish Rail), is the largest passenger railway system in Ireland. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... Hazelhatch (Colchoill in Irish) is an area on the border between Co. ... Commuting is the process of travelling from a place of residence to a place of work. ... Traditional target arrow and replica medieval arrow. ...

Kildare was the centre of Ireland's inland waterway when it was constructed in the 1830s, and 1840s. This connects Kildare with Waterford, Dublin, Limerick and Athlone. The Royal Canal still forms the boundary with County Meath to the North.

Business

At the centre of the Irish motorway system, County Kildare is currently (2006) the European base of electronics firms, Intel and Hewlett Packard, two of the largest employers in this sector in the entire island. Phramaceutical giant Wyeth has it's European Manufacturing base in County Kildare, with another plant in nearby Newcactle in County Dublin. Major pizza-making, soft drinks, and frozen food enterprises are located in Naas. Large supermarket distribution centres are located in Naas and Kilcock. Wyeth, formerly known as American Home Products, is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...

The Irish Army's largest military base, it's command headquarters, and it's training centre at the Curragh. Maynooth was the only University outside the Ireland's coastal cities. Clongowes Wood College in Clane is the premier Jesuit college in the east of Ireland. Allenwood and Timahoe are also the location of large peat burning power stations operated by the state, and Kildare has historically be an employment centre in this sector. The Curragh is a plain in County Kildare Ireland. ... Clongowes Wood College is a private secondary boarding school for boys in County Kildare, Ireland run by the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits) since 1814, making it one of Irelands oldest Catholic schools. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... Timahoe (Tigh Mochua in Irish: House of St. ...

Kildare is the centre of the Irish horse industry. Kildare has more stud farms than any other county in Ireland, and an important racecources at Punchestown, near Naas, and at the leading flat national racecourse at the Curragh. Kildare is also home to the state owned national stud farm, the national equistrian centre in Kill, and the equine auction centre (also in Kill). Most of Ireland's prominent show jumping competitors are located in, or come from county Kildare, especially the areas near Kilcock and Sallins. Several prominent international breeders have substantial stud farms in Kildare, including many from the Arab world. Languages Arabic other minority languages Religions Predominantly Sunni Islam, as well as Shia Islam, Greek Orthodoxy, Greek Catholicism, Roman Catholicism, Alawite Islam, Druzism, Ibadi Islam, and Judaism Footnotes a Mainly in Antakya. ...

Ireland's premier golf course, the Michael Smurfit owned K-club, near Straffan, in addition to other prominent courses at Knockanally, Carton Estate, and Clane. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Statistics Province: Leinster County: Elevation: 70 m Population (2006)  - Town:  - Rural:   c. ...

County Kildare has always been one of the richest counties in Ireland outside of Dublin, with the lowest unemployment rates in Ireland, throughout the economic recession of the 1980s. Kildare was the first county in Ireland to experience the Celtic Tiger economic boom in the early 1990s, mainly as a result of the decision of Intel to locate between Leixlip and Maynooth, and a pick up in construction boom that predated that of other countries. Cartoon of the Celtic Tiger. ...

The county's population has nearly doubled to some 186,000 in 1990-2005. The north eastern region of Kildare, had the highest average per-capita income in Ireland outside County Dublin in 2003. Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Dublin Code: D Area: 921 km² Population (2006) 1,186,821 County Dublin (Irish: Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath), or more correctly today the Dublin Region[1] (Réigiúin Átha Cliath), is the area that contains the city of Dublin, the capital and largest city...

Music

• Damien Rice was born and bred in Celbridge, Co. Kildare.
• Bell X1 are from County Kildare.
• Australian Idol 2006 winner and famous Australian and Irish singer-songwriter Damien Leith was born in Dublin and lived in County Kildare until he moved to Australia.
• Punk Rock / Irish Music band Blood or Whiskey originate from Leixlip, County Kildare
• Shaun Phelan a great person who lives leixlip.

Damien Rice (born December 7, 1973) is an Irish folk singer, famous for his two albums O and 9. ... Bell X1 are an Irish rock band from North County Kildare in Ireland. ... Australian Idol 2006 was the fourth season of the Australian television series Australian Idol. ... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... Damien Leo Leith (b. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Ireland is an island in the North Atlantic politically divided between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. ... An Irish punk/folk band from Tramore, County Waterford, Republic of Ireland. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Irish Grid Reference O003360 Statistics Province: Leinster County: Elevation: 46 m Population (2002)  - Town:  - Rural:   15,016  15,154 Website: kildare. ...

Politics

Politically the county is divided into two Dáil constituencies, Kildare North (three seats, to be increased to four at the next election) and Kildare South (three seats). After the 2007 General Election, the TDs elected were; Bernard Durkan (FG), Emmet Stagg (Lab), Aine Brady (FF), Michael Fitzpatrick (FF), Sean O Fearghail (FF), Sean Power (FF) and Jack Wall (Lab). Nevertheless, the whole county is governed at local authority level by Kildare County Council. Dáil Éireann[1] is the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of the Republic of Ireland. ... Local governments are administrative offices of an area smaller than a state. ... Kildare County Council is the local authority for County Kildare, founded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 along with the other councils of Ireland. ...

Towns and villages in Kildare

Towns

• Athy
• Leixlip
• Newbridge
• Naas

WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Irish Grid Reference S680939 Statistics Province: Leinster County: Elevation: 71 m Population (2006) 7,943  Website: www. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Irish Grid Reference O003360 Statistics Province: Leinster County: Elevation: 46 m Population (2002)  - Town:  - Rural:   15,016  15,154 Website: kildare. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Irish Grid Reference N801152 Statistics Province: Leinster County: Elevation: 90 m Population (2006)  - Town:  - Rural:   17,042  1,478 Website: www. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...

Major villages

• Allen, Allenwood, Ardclough
• Ballitore, Ballymore Eustace, Ballynadrumny
• Calverstown, Caragh, Carbury, Castledermot, Celbridge, Clane
• Eadestown
• Hawkfield
• Kilcock, Kilcullen, Kildare, Kildangan, Kill, Kilmead, Kilteel
• Lullymore
• Maynooth, Milltown, Monasterevin
• Narraghmore, Nurney
• Prosperous
• Rathangan
• Sallins, Straffan, Suncroft
• Two-Mile-House

WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... Ardclough is a village and community in County Kildare, Ireland. ... Ballitore (Béal Átha an Tuair in Irish) is a village in County Kildare, in the Province of Leinster, Republic of Ireland. ... Ballymore Eustace is a town in County Kildare in Ireland, near the border with County Wicklow. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Irish Grid Reference N802041 Statistics Province: Leinster County: Elevation: 90 m Population ( ) 650 Calverstown is a small village located 4 miles south of the town of Kilcullen and approximately 10 miles from each of the towns of Athy, Newbridge and Naas in the county of Kildare... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... Carbury (Irish: ) is a place in Ireland. ... Castledermot (Diseart Diarmad in Irish), meaning Dermots Hermitage) is an inland town in the south-east of Ireland in County Kildare, about 75km from Dublin, and 10km from the town of Carlow. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... Kilcullen is a small town in County Kildare with a population of about 4,000 people. ... Kildare (Irish: Cill Dara) is a town in County Kildare, Republic of Ireland. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... The village of Kill is in County Kildare, Ireland near the countys border with Dublin. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... Monasterevin (Mainistir Eimhín in Irish) is a town in County Kildare in the Republic of Ireland. ... Nurney, County Kildare Nurney may also refer to Nurney, County Carlow Nurney is a village in County Kildare, Ireland. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Statistics Province: Leinster County: Population (2006) 1,939  Prosperous (Irish: An Chorrchoill) is a town in Ireland in County Kildare, at the junction of the R403 and R408 regional roads. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Statistics Province: Leinster County: Elevation: 70 m Population (2006)  - Town:  - Rural:   c. ... Suncroft Graveyard Suncroft is a village in County Kildare, south of The Curragh and east of Kildare Town. ...

Sport

The nickname for the Kildare GAA team is the Lilywhites, a reference to the all-white jerseys they wear. Kildare were the first team to win the Sam Maguire All Ireland football Championship in 1928 defeating Cavan 2-6 to 2-5. County Kildare is also known as the Shortgrass County which is a reference to how short the grass is on the commons of the Curragh. The Kildare Hotel and Golf Club, more well known as The K Club, situated on the River Liffey at Straffan, County Kildare, played host to the 2006 Ryder Cup. For more information see Kildare Senior Club Football Championship or Kildare Senior Club Hurling Championship. ... Samuel (Sam) Maguire (1879 - February 6, 1927), an Irish Republican and Gaelic footballer, is chiefly remembered as the eponym of the Sam Maguire Cup, given to the All-Ireland Senior Champions of Gaelic football. ... The Curragh is a plain in County Kildare Ireland. ... The Kildare Hotel and Golf Club (usually referred to as the K Club) is a golf and leisure complex located at Straffan, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland Many people in County Kildare regard the continuous references by the international media, (the British media in particular) to the K Club as... The Liffey in West Wicklow The Liffey (An Life in Irish) is a river in the Republic of Ireland, which flows through the centre of Dublin. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Statistics Province: Leinster County: Elevation: 70 m Population (2006)  - Town:  - Rural:   c. ... The Ryder Cup is a golf trophy contested biennially in an event called the Ryder Cup Matches by teams from Europe and the United States. ...

Horse racing

The Curragh horse-racing course the home to all five irish classics is also located in County Kildare along with two other courses Punchestown Racecourse home of the National Hunt Festival of Ireland and Naas Racecourse. The county is known for the quality of horses bred in the many horse stud farms to which it is home to. Kildare is also home to the Irish National Stud and many other top farms such as Moyglare Stud and Kildagan Stud. The Curragh is a plain in County Kildare Ireland. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Punchestown Racecourse is located near Naas, County Kildare, in the Province of Leinster, Republic of Ireland. ... The Irish National Stud is an horse breeding facility based at Tully Kildare, County Kildare, Ireland established under the National Stud Act, 1945 and owned by the Irish Government. ...

External links

• County Kildare Community Network
• http://www.kildare.ie
• http://www.kildarecoco.ie