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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Former_districts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Former districts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Former_districts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-National_elections" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_elections"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>National elections</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_elections-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demographics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span 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</div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">County Kildare</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cildarasc%C4%ABr" title="Cildarascīr – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Cildarascīr" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%B9%D8%A9_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1" title="مقاطعة كيلدير – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مقاطعة كيلدير" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cond%C3%A1u_de_Kildare" title="Condáu de Kildare – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Condáu de Kildare" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kildare_K%C5%ABn" title="Kildare Kūn – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Kildare Kūn" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%B4%D1%8D%D1%80" title="Кілдэр – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Кілдэр" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%8A%D1%80_(%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE)" title="Килдеър (графство) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Килдеър (графство)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kontelezh_Cill_Dara" title="Kontelezh Cill Dara – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Kontelezh Cill Dara" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comtat_de_Kildare" title="Comtat de Kildare – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Comtat de Kildare" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kildare_(kondado)" title="Kildare (kondado) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Kildare (kondado)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrabstv%C3%AD_Kildare" title="Hrabství Kildare – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Hrabství Kildare" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swydd_Kildare" title="Swydd Kildare – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Swydd Kildare" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Kildare" title="County Kildare – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="County Kildare" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Kildare" title="County Kildare – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="County Kildare" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kildare%27i_krahvkond" title="Kildare'i krahvkond – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Kildare'i krahvkond" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Kildare" title="Condado de Kildare – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Condado de Kildare" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graflando_Kildare" title="Graflando Kildare – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Graflando Kildare" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kildare_konderria" title="Kildare konderria – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Kildare konderria" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%B1" title="شهرستان کیلدر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهرستان کیلدر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Kildare" title="Comté de Kildare – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comté de Kildare" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contae_Chill_Dara" title="Contae Chill Dara – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Contae Chill Dara" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coontae_Cheeill_Darey" title="Coontae Cheeill Darey – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Coontae Cheeill Darey" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contae_Chill_Dara" title="Contae Chill Dara – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Contae Chill Dara" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Kildare" title="Condado de Kildare – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Condado de Kildare" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%82%AC%EB%8D%B0%EC%96%B4%EC%A3%BC" title="킬데어주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="킬데어주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Kildare" title="County Kildare – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="County Kildare" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contea_di_Kildare" title="Contea di Kildare – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Contea di Kildare" data-language-autonym="Italiano" 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lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="County Kildare" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%AB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A2%E7%9C%8C" title="キルデア県 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="キルデア県" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kildare_(Graafskap)" title="Kildare (Graafskap) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Kildare (Graafskap)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a 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<div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:County_Kildare_COA.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of County Kildare"><img alt="Coat of arms of County Kildare" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/91/County_Kildare_COA.svg/93px-County_Kildare_COA.svg.png" decoding="async" width="93" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/91/County_Kildare_COA.svg/139px-County_Kildare_COA.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/91/County_Kildare_COA.svg/185px-County_Kildare_COA.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="268" data-file-height="289" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Coat of arms</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nickname: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">The Thoroughbred County</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Motto(s): <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname"><span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">Meanma agus Misneach</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>)</span><br />"Spirit and Courage"</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Island_of_Ireland_location_map_Kildare.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of County Kildare (dark green) in Ireland"><img alt="Location of County Kildare (dark green) in Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Island_of_Ireland_location_map_Kildare.svg/250px-Island_of_Ireland_location_map_Kildare.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="312" class="mw-file-element" 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text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=County_Kildare&params=53_12_N_6_48_W_dim:500000_region:IE_type:city(246977)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">53°12′N</span> <span class="longitude">6°48′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">53.200°N 6.800°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">53.200; -6.800</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">Ireland</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Ireland" title="Provinces of Ireland">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Leinster" title="Leinster">Leinster</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Regions of Ireland">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_and_Midland_Region" title="Eastern and Midland Region">Eastern and Midland</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1297<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/County_town" title="County town">County town</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Naas" title="Naas">Naas</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest settlement</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Naas,_County_Kildare" class="mw-redirect" title="Naas, County Kildare">Naas</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Local government in the Republic of Ireland">Local authority</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kildare_County_Council" title="Kildare County Council">Kildare County Council</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_constituencies" title="Dáil constituencies">Dáil constituencies</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kildare_North_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Kildare North (Dáil constituency)">Kildare North</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kildare_South_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Kildare South (Dáil constituency)">Kildare South</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament_constituencies_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="European Parliament constituencies in the Republic of Ireland">EP constituency</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Midlands%E2%80%93North-West_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="Midlands–North-West (European Parliament constituency)">Midlands–North-West</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,695 km<sup>2</sup> (654 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Irish_counties_by_area" title="List of Irish counties by area">24th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"> (<a href="/wiki/Cupidstown_Hill" title="Cupidstown Hill">Cupidstown Hill</a>)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">379 m (1,243 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2022_census_of_Ireland" title="2022 census of Ireland">2022</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-cso2022_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cso2022-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">246,977</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Irish_counties_by_population" title="List of Irish counties by population">7th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">150/km<sup>2</sup> (380/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%C2%B10" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC±0">UTC±0</a> (<a href="/wiki/Western_European_Time" title="Western European Time">WET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="/wiki/Irish_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Standard Time">IST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Eircode" class="mw-redirect" title="Eircode">Eircode</a> routing keys</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">R14, R45, R51, W12, W23, W34, W91 <small>(primarily)</small></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Telephone numbers in the Republic of Ireland">Telephone area codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data">01, 045, 059 <small>(primarily)</small></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">IE-KE</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Vehicle registration plates of Ireland">Vehicle index<br />mark code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">KE</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kildare.ie">Official website</a></span></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a 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src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,7,a,a,270x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=County_Kildare&revid=1255562588&groups=_7c0cb56e19f5bc193e25f45b809bf132f8f858e7" width="270" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,7,a,a,270x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=County_Kildare&revid=1255562588&groups=_7c0cb56e19f5bc193e25f45b809bf132f8f858e7 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>County Kildare</b> (<a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>: <i lang="ga">Contae Chill Dara</i>) is a <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Ireland" title="Counties of Ireland">county</a> in Ireland. It is in the <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Ireland" title="Provinces of Ireland">province</a> of <a href="/wiki/Leinster" title="Leinster">Leinster</a> and is part of the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_and_Midland_Region" title="Eastern and Midland Region">Eastern and Midland Region</a>. It is named after the town of <a href="/wiki/Kildare" title="Kildare">Kildare</a>. <a href="/wiki/Kildare_County_Council" title="Kildare County Council">Kildare County Council</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Local government in the Republic of Ireland">local authority</a> for the county, which had a population of 246,977 at the 2022 census.<sup id="cite_ref-cso2022_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cso2022-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography_and_subdivisions">Geography and subdivisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Kildare&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography and subdivisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kildare is the 24th-largest of Ireland's 32 counties in area and the seventh-largest in terms of population. It is the eighth largest of Leinster's twelve counties in size, and the second largest in terms of population. It is bordered by the counties of <a href="/wiki/County_Carlow" title="County Carlow">Carlow</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Laois" title="County Laois">Laois</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Meath" title="County Meath">Meath</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Offaly" title="County Offaly">Offaly</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Dublin" title="South Dublin">South Dublin</a> and <a href="/wiki/County_Wicklow" title="County Wicklow">Wicklow</a>. As an inland county, Kildare is generally a lowland region. The county's highest points are the <a href="/wiki/Foothills" title="Foothills">foothills</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Wicklow_Mountains" title="Wicklow Mountains">Wicklow Mountains</a> bordering to the east. The highest point in Kildare is <a href="/wiki/Cupidstown_Hill" title="Cupidstown Hill">Cupidstown Hill</a> on the border with South Dublin, with the better-known <a href="/wiki/Hill_of_Allen" title="Hill of Allen">Hill of Allen</a> in central Kildare. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Towns_and_villages">Towns and villages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Kildare&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Towns and villages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col div-col-small" style="column-width: 18em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allen,_County_Kildare" title="Allen, County Kildare">Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allenwood,_County_Kildare" title="Allenwood, County Kildare">Allenwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ardclough" title="Ardclough">Ardclough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athy" title="Athy">Athy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballitore" title="Ballitore">Ballitore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballymore_Eustace" title="Ballymore Eustace">Ballymore Eustace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calverstown" title="Calverstown">Calverstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caragh" title="Caragh">Caragh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carbury,_County_Kildare" title="Carbury, County Kildare">Carbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castledermot" title="Castledermot">Castledermot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celbridge" title="Celbridge">Celbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clane" title="Clane">Clane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coill_Dubh" title="Coill Dubh">Coill Dubh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curragh" class="mw-redirect" title="Curragh">Curragh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derrinturn" title="Derrinturn">Derrinturn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eadestown" title="Eadestown">Eadestown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnstown,_County_Kildare" title="Johnstown, County Kildare">Johnstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnstownbridge" title="Johnstownbridge">Johnstownbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilberry,_County_Kildare" title="Kilberry, County Kildare">Kilberry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilcock" title="Kilcock">Kilcock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilcullen" title="Kilcullen">Kilcullen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kildangan" title="Kildangan">Kildangan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kildare" title="Kildare">Kildare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kill,_County_Kildare" title="Kill, County Kildare">Kill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilmead" title="Kilmead">Kilmead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilmeage" title="Kilmeage">Kilmeage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilteel" title="Kilteel">Kilteel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leixlip" title="Leixlip">Leixlip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lullymore" title="Lullymore">Lullymore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maynooth" title="Maynooth">Maynooth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milltown,_County_Kildare" title="Milltown, County Kildare">Milltown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monasterevin" title="Monasterevin">Monasterevin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moone" title="Moone">Moone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naas" title="Naas">Naas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narraghmore" title="Narraghmore">Narraghmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newbridge,_County_Kildare" title="Newbridge, County Kildare">Newbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nurney,_County_Kildare" title="Nurney, County Kildare">Nurney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prosperous,_County_Kildare" title="Prosperous, County Kildare">Prosperous</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rathangan,_County_Kildare" title="Rathangan, County Kildare">Rathangan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robertstown,_County_Kildare" title="Robertstown, County Kildare">Robertstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sallins" title="Sallins">Sallins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staplestown,_County_Kildare" class="mw-redirect" title="Staplestown, County Kildare">Staplestown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Straffan" title="Straffan">Straffan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suncroft" title="Suncroft">Suncroft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timolin" title="Timolin">Timolin</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Two_Mile_House&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Two Mile House (page does not exist)">Two Mile House</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Physical_geography">Physical geography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Kildare&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Physical geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ireland_-_Plains_of_South_Kildare.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Ireland_-_Plains_of_South_Kildare.jpg/277px-Ireland_-_Plains_of_South_Kildare.jpg" decoding="async" width="277" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Ireland_-_Plains_of_South_Kildare.jpg/416px-Ireland_-_Plains_of_South_Kildare.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Ireland_-_Plains_of_South_Kildare.jpg/554px-Ireland_-_Plains_of_South_Kildare.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>Looking east across the broad plains of South Kildare to the distant Wicklow Hills.</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale collapsible collapsed" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1500</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,887</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1510</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">4,112</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+42.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1550</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">5,033</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+22.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1580</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">6,787</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+34.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1585</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">3,454</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−49.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1600</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">4,556</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+31.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1610</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">8,714</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+91.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1653</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">11,983</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+37.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1659</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">13,825</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+15.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1672</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">54,110</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+291.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1788</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">71,570</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+32.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1813</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">85,000</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+18.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1821</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">99,065</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+16.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1831</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">108,424</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+9.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1841</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">114,488</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+5.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1851</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">95,723</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−16.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1861</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">90,946</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−5.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1871</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">83,614</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−8.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1881</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">75,804</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−9.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1891</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">70,206</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−7.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1901</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">63,566</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−9.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1911</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">66,627</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+4.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1926</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">58,028</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−12.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1936</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">57,892</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1946</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">64,849</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+12.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1951</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">66,437</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1956</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">65,915</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1961</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">64,420</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−2.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1966</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">66,404</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1971</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">71,977</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+8.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1979</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">97,185</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+35.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1981</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">104,122</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+7.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1986</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">116,247</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+11.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1991</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">122,656</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+5.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1996</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">134,992</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+10.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2002</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">163,944</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+21.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2006</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">186,335</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+13.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2011</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">210,312</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+12.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2016</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">222,504</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+5.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2022</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">246,977</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+11.0%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left"><sup id="cite_ref-cso2022_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cso2022-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cso2016_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cso2016-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The county has three major rivers running through it: the <a href="/wiki/River_Barrow" title="River Barrow">Barrow</a>, the <a href="/wiki/River_Liffey" title="River Liffey">Liffey</a> and the <a href="/wiki/River_Boyne" title="River Boyne">Boyne</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Grand_Canal_(Ireland)" title="Grand Canal (Ireland)">Grand Canal</a> crosses the county from <a href="/wiki/Lyons_Hill" title="Lyons Hill">Lyons</a> on the east to <a href="/wiki/Rathangan,_County_Kildare" title="Rathangan, County Kildare">Rathangan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Monasterevin" title="Monasterevin">Monasterevin</a> on the west. A southern branch joins the Barrow navigation at <a href="/wiki/Athy" title="Athy">Athy</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canal" title="Royal Canal">Royal Canal</a> stretches across the north of the county along the border with Meath. Pollardstown Fen is the largest remaining <a href="/wiki/Calcareous" title="Calcareous">calcareous</a> fen in Ireland, covering an area of 220 hectares and is recognised as an internationally important fen ecosystem with unique and endangered plant communities, and was declared a National Nature Reserve in 1986. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Bog_of_Allen" title="Bog of Allen">Bog of Allen</a> is a large bog that extends across 958 km<sup>2</sup> (370 sq mi) and into County Kildare, County Meath, County Offaly, County Laois, and <a href="/wiki/County_Westmeath" title="County Westmeath">County Westmeath</a>. Kildare has 243 km<sup>2</sup> (94 sq mi) of bog (almost 14% of Kildare's land area) mostly located in the south-west and north-west, a majority of this being <a href="/wiki/Bog" title="Bog">Raised Bog</a>. It is a habitat for over 185 plant and animal species. </p><p>There are 8,472 hectares (20,930 acres) of forested land in Kildare, accounting for roughly 5% of the county's total land area. 4,056 hectares (10,020 acres) of this is coniferous, while there is 2,963 hectares (7,320 acres) of broadleaf and the remaining area are unclassified species. <a href="/wiki/Coillte_Teoranta" class="mw-redirect" title="Coillte Teoranta">Coillte</a> and <a href="/wiki/D%C3%BAchas" title="Dúchas">Dúchas</a> currently own 47% of the forestry. Coillte runs Donadea Forest Park which is in North-Central Kildare. The forest covers 259 hectares (640 acres) of mixed woodland (60% <a href="/wiki/Broad-leaved_tree" title="Broad-leaved tree">broadleaf</a>, 40% <a href="/wiki/Conifer" title="Conifer">conifer</a>) and is the largest forest park in Kildare. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Kildare&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_County_Kildare" title="History of County Kildare">History of County Kildare</a></div> <p>Kildare was <a href="/wiki/Shire" title="Shire">shired</a> in 1297<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and assumed its present borders in 1832, following amendments to remove a number of enclaves and exclaves. </p><p>The county was the home of the powerful <a href="/wiki/FitzGerald_dynasty" title="FitzGerald dynasty">Fitzgerald family</a>. Parts of the county were also part of <a href="/wiki/The_Pale" title="The Pale">the Pale</a> area around <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance_and_politics">Governance and politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Kildare&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Governance and politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_government">Local government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Kildare&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Local government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Kildare_County_Council" title="Kildare County Council">Kildare County Council</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Local government in the Republic of Ireland">local authority</a> for the county. The council has 40 members, elected in the <a href="/wiki/Local_electoral_area" title="Local electoral area">local electoral areas</a> of: Athy (5 seats), <a href="/wiki/Celbridge" title="Celbridge">Celbridge</a> (4 seats), <a href="/wiki/Leixlip" title="Leixlip">Leixlip</a> (3 seats), Clane (5 seats), <a href="/wiki/Maynooth" title="Maynooth">Maynooth</a> (5 Seats), <a href="/wiki/Kildare" title="Kildare">Kildare</a> (5 seats), <a href="/wiki/Newbridge,_County_Kildare" title="Newbridge, County Kildare">Newbridge</a> (6 Seats) and <a href="/wiki/Naas" title="Naas">Naas</a> (7 Seats). These form the municipal districts of Athy, Celbridge–Leixlip, Clane–Maynooth, Kildare–Newbridge, and Naas.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The current council was elected in May 2019. </p><p>Kildare County Council nominates three councillors to the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_and_Midland_Regional_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly">Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly</a>, who are part of the <a href="/wiki/Mid-East_Region,_Ireland" title="Mid-East Region, Ireland">Mid-East</a> strategic planning area committee.<sup id="cite_ref-si573_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-si573-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_districts">Former districts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Kildare&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Former districts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kildare was formerly divided into the <a href="/wiki/Rural_district_(Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rural district (Ireland)">rural districts</a> of Athy No. 1, Celbridge No. 1, Edenderry No. 2, and Naas No. 1, and the <a href="/wiki/Urban_and_rural_districts_(Ireland)" title="Urban and rural districts (Ireland)">urban districts</a> of Athy and Naas.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rural districts were abolished in 1925.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Newbridge or Droichead Nua, within the former rural district of Naas No. 1, had <a href="/wiki/Town_commissioners" title="Town commissioners">town commissioners</a>, and Leixlip was given that status too in 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The urban districts of Athy and Naas and the town commissioners of Newbridge and Leixlip became <a href="/wiki/Town_council_(Ireland)" title="Town council (Ireland)">town councils</a> in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All town councils in Ireland were abolished in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_elections">National elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Kildare&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: National elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For elections to <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann">Dáil Éireann</a>, there are two constituencies in the county: <a href="/wiki/Kildare_North_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Kildare North (Dáil constituency)">Kildare North</a> (4 seats) and <a href="/wiki/Kildare_South_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Kildare South (Dáil constituency)">Kildare South</a> (4 seats).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the <a href="/wiki/2020_Irish_general_election" title="2020 Irish general election">2020 Irish general election</a>, Kildare North returned Catherine Murphy (SD), Réada Cronin (SF), Bernard Durkan (FG), and James Lawless (FF), while Kildare South returned Sean Ó Fearghaíl (FF) (returned automatically as outgoing Ceann Comhairle), Patricia Ryan (SF), Martin Heydon (FG), and Cathal Berry (Ind). </p><p>For elections to the <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a>, it is part of the <a href="/wiki/Midlands%E2%80%93North-West_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="Midlands–North-West (European Parliament constituency)">Midlands–North-West</a> constituency (4 <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Member of the European Parliament">MEPs</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Kildare&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The county's population has nearly doubled to 186,000 from 1990 to 2005. The northeastern region of Kildare had the highest average per-capita income in Ireland outside <a href="/wiki/County_Dublin" title="County Dublin">County Dublin</a> in 2003. East Kildare's population has increased rapidly, for example, the amount of housing in the Naas suburb of <a href="/wiki/Sallins" title="Sallins">Sallins</a> has increased sixfold since the mid-1990s.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>As of 2022<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=County_Kildare&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> the population of the county was 246,977. Ethnically, the 2016 census recorded County Kildare as 84% white Irish, 9% other white ethnicities, 2% black, 2% Asian, 1% of other ethnicities, and 2% not stated. For religion, the census recorded a population that was 80% Catholic, 9% of other stated religions, 10% with no religion and 2% not stated.<sup id="cite_ref-cso2016_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cso2016-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ethnic_groups">Ethnic groups</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Kildare&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Ethnic groups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="infobox" style="float:right;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Main immigrant groups, 2016</b><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Nationality</th> <th>Population </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td> <td>10,527 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a></td> <td>6,869 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/46px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania">Lithuania</a></td> <td>1,550 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a></td> <td>1,156 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a></td> <td>1,120 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a></td> <td>1,088 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td> <td>1,082 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td> <td>929 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Latvia" title="Latvia">Latvia</a></td> <td>845 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/23px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/35px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/46px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Moldova" title="Moldova">Moldova</a></td> <td>829 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Urban_areas_and_populations">Urban areas and populations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Kildare&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Urban areas and populations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Town<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Population 2016 </th> <th>Population 2022 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Naas" title="Naas">Naas</a> </td> <td>21,393 </td> <td>26,180 (+4,787) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Newbridge,_County_Kildare" title="Newbridge, County Kildare">Newbridge</a> </td> <td>22,742 </td> <td>24,366 (+1,624) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Celbridge" title="Celbridge">Celbridge</a> </td> <td>20,288 </td> <td>20,601 (+313) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Maynooth" title="Maynooth">Maynooth</a> </td> <td>14,585 </td> <td>17,259 (+2,674) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Leixlip" title="Leixlip">Leixlip</a> </td> <td>15,504 </td> <td>16,733 (+1,229) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Athy" title="Athy">Athy</a> </td> <td>9,677 </td> <td>11,035 (+1,358) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kildare" title="Kildare">Kildare</a> </td> <td>8,634 </td> <td>10,302 (+1,668) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kilcock" title="Kilcock">Kilcock</a> </td> <td>6,093 </td> <td>8,674 (+2,581) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Clane" title="Clane">Clane</a> </td> <td>7,280 </td> <td>8,152 (+872) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sallins" title="Sallins">Sallins</a> </td> <td>5,849 </td> <td>6,269 (+420) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Monasterevin" title="Monasterevin">Monasterevin</a> </td> <td>4,246 </td> <td>5,307 (+1,061) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kill,_County_Kildare" title="Kill, County Kildare">Kill</a> </td> <td>3,348 </td> <td>3,818 (+470) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kilcullen" title="Kilcullen">Kilcullen</a> </td> <td>3,710 </td> <td>3,815 (+105) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Health_care">Health care</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Kildare&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Health care"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>County Kildare hospitals include <a href="/wiki/Naas_General_Hospital" title="Naas General Hospital">Naas General Hospital</a> and <a href="/wiki/Clane_General_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="Clane General Hospital">Clane General Hospital</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Kildare&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Road">Road</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Kildare&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Road"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>County Kildare houses the hub of Ireland's network of major roads. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/N4_road_(Ireland)" title="N4 road (Ireland)">N4 (M4)</a> from Dublin to <a href="/wiki/Sligo" title="Sligo">Sligo</a> travels along the north of the county <a href="/wiki/Bypass_(road)" title="Bypass (road)">by-passing</a> the towns of Leixlip, Maynooth and Kilcock. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/M7_motorway_(Ireland)" title="M7 motorway (Ireland)">M7</a> from Dublin to <a href="/wiki/Limerick" title="Limerick">Limerick</a> runs through the county and bypasses the towns of Naas, Newbridge, Kildare and Monasterevin. This road is colloquially referred to as the "Naas <a href="/wiki/Dual_carriageway" title="Dual carriageway">Dual carriageway</a>" 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. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/M9_motorway_(Ireland)" title="M9 motorway (Ireland)">M9</a> is another <a href="/wiki/Motorways_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Motorways in the Republic of Ireland">motorway</a> that commences at <a href="/wiki/Kilcullen" title="Kilcullen">Kilcullen</a> and ends at <a href="/wiki/Waterford" title="Waterford">Waterford</a>. It is motorway standard for its entire length. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rail">Rail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Kildare&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The county is also served by the trains connecting with Dublin, southern Leinster, Munster and Connacht, with daily connections to <a href="/wiki/Cork_(city)" title="Cork (city)">Cork</a>, Waterford, Limerick, and <a href="/wiki/Galway" title="Galway">Galway</a>. The principal <a href="/wiki/Irish_Rail" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Rail">Irish Rail</a> InterCity train station in the county is Kildare, however, Newbridge, Sallins and <a href="/wiki/Hazelhatch" title="Hazelhatch">Hazelhatch</a> are also served by South Western Commuter services, while Maynooth, in northern County Kildare, is served by Western Commuter and Sligo InterCity services. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Waterway">Waterway</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Kildare&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Waterway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:River_Barrow_and_WhitesCastle_Athy.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/River_Barrow_and_WhitesCastle_Athy.JPG/250px-River_Barrow_and_WhitesCastle_Athy.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/River_Barrow_and_WhitesCastle_Athy.JPG/375px-River_Barrow_and_WhitesCastle_Athy.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/River_Barrow_and_WhitesCastle_Athy.JPG/500px-River_Barrow_and_WhitesCastle_Athy.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1306" data-file-height="982" /></a><figcaption>River Barrow and <a href="/wiki/White%27s_Castle" title="White's Castle">White's Castle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Athy" title="Athy">Athy</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Kildare is the centre of Ireland's <a href="/wiki/Grand_Canal_(Ireland)" title="Grand Canal (Ireland)">Grand Canal</a> network built in the late 18th century. This connects Kildare with Waterford, Dublin, Limerick and Athlone. The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canal" title="Royal Canal">Royal Canal</a> runs west from Dublin and parts of it form the boundary with <a href="/wiki/County_Meath" title="County Meath">County Meath</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Irish_language">Irish language</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Kildare&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Irish language"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are 4,491 Irish speakers in County Kildare; 2,451 attending the seven <a href="/wiki/Gaelscoil" title="Gaelscoil">Gaelscoils</a> (Irish language primary schools) and one <a href="/wiki/Gaelchol%C3%A1iste" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaelcholáiste">Gaelcholáiste</a> (Irish language secondary school).<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the Irish Census 2006, 2,040 people in the county identify themselves as being daily Irish speakers outside the education system. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Kildare&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dominican_College_Newbridge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Dominican_College_Newbridge.jpg/220px-Dominican_College_Newbridge.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Dominican_College_Newbridge.jpg/330px-Dominican_College_Newbridge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Dominican_College_Newbridge.jpg/440px-Dominican_College_Newbridge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1844" data-file-height="1434" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Newbridge_College" title="Newbridge College">Newbridge College</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Two third-level educational institutions – <a href="/wiki/St._Patrick%27s_College,_Maynooth" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Patrick's College, Maynooth">St. Patrick's College</a> founded by <a href="/wiki/King_George_III" class="mw-redirect" title="King George III">King George III</a> in 1795 to educate Ireland's Catholics and <a href="/wiki/Maynooth_University" title="Maynooth University">Maynooth University</a> founded in 1997 – are located in <a href="/wiki/Maynooth" title="Maynooth">Maynooth</a>. They share campus space and many facilities. The two institutions were formally separated in 1997. Maynooth University is the only university in the Republic of Ireland not situated in a city.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clongowes_Wood_College" title="Clongowes Wood College">Clongowes Wood College</a> is a private secondary boarding school for boys, located near Clane. Founded by the <a href="/wiki/Society_of_Jesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Society of Jesus">Society of Jesus</a> (The Jesuits) in 1814, it is one of Ireland's oldest Catholic schools.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newbridge_College" title="Newbridge College">Newbridge College</a> is a co-educational fee-paying secondary school. The <a href="/wiki/Dominican_Order" title="Dominican Order">Dominican Order</a> founded Newbridge College in 1852 as a boarding school for boys.</li> <li>Leinster Senior College is a small private fee-paying secondary school geared solely towards the Leaving Certificate.</li> <li>The town of Clane is home to another educational institute, Clane College, a provider of further education to the wider Kildare community.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naas_C.B.S." title="Naas C.B.S.">Naas C.B.S.</a>, Saint Mary's College Naas and Piper's Hill College are the three main secondary schools in <a href="/wiki/Naas" title="Naas">Naas</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Kildare&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="GAA">GAA</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Kildare&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: GAA"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KildareHorses057.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/KildareHorses057.JPG/277px-KildareHorses057.JPG" decoding="async" width="277" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/KildareHorses057.JPG/416px-KildareHorses057.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/KildareHorses057.JPG/554px-KildareHorses057.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>Horses near Pollardstown Fen</figcaption></figure> <p>The nickname for the <a href="/wiki/Kildare_GAA" title="Kildare GAA">Kildare GAA</a> team is the <i>Lilywhites</i>, as a result of its early jerseys being made from the bags of the Lilywhite Bakery. The all-white jerseys they wear are in reference to this. </p><p>In 1928, Kildare became the first team to win the <a href="/wiki/Sam_Maguire" title="Sam Maguire">Sam Maguire</a> trophy for the <a href="/wiki/All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship" title="All-Ireland Senior Football Championship">All-Ireland Senior Football Championship</a>, defeating Cavan 2–6 to 2–5. However, since then Kildare has reached the All-Ireland Football Championship Final on four occasions, the last being in 1998, but has failed on all four attempts. </p><p>County Kildare is also known as the <i>Shortgrass County</i> which is a reference to how short the grass is on the commons of <a href="/wiki/The_Curragh" title="The Curragh">the Curragh</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Golf">Golf</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Kildare&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Golf"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Michael_Smurfit" title="Michael Smurfit">Michael Smurfit</a> owned <a href="/wiki/K_Club" title="K Club">K Club</a>, situated on the River Liffey near <a href="/wiki/Straffan" title="Straffan">Straffan</a> played host to the 2006 <a href="/wiki/Ryder_Cup" title="Ryder Cup">Ryder Cup</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Carton_House" title="Carton House">Carton House</a> Golf Club is located in Maynooth. The <a href="/wiki/Golfing_Union_of_Ireland" title="Golfing Union of Ireland">Golfing Union of Ireland</a>, the longest established golf union in the world, have their national headquarters on the estate. This facility also comprises the GUI National Academy, an 8.9-hectare (22-acre; 89,000-square-metre) teaching facility for up-and-coming golfers, as well as being a facility available to all golfers in Ireland. </p><p>Other prominent courses are located at Knockanally and <a href="/wiki/Clane" title="Clane">Clane</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Horse_racing">Horse racing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Kildare&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Horse racing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kildare is famous worldwide for its horse racing.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Curragh_Racecourse" title="Curragh Racecourse">The Curragh</a> <a href="/wiki/Horse-racing" class="mw-redirect" title="Horse-racing">horse-racing</a> course is the home to all five Irish Classic Flat races. Also located in County Kildare are two other courses, <a href="/wiki/Punchestown_Racecourse" title="Punchestown Racecourse">Punchestown Racecourse</a>, home of the National Hunt Festival of Ireland, and <a href="/wiki/Naas_Racecourse" title="Naas Racecourse">Naas Racecourse</a>, which runs both National Hunt and Flat meetings and is used by top racehorse trainers as a test for horses preparing for the Cheltenham festival. </p><p>The county is famous for the quality of horses bred in the many stud farms to which it is home, including the <a href="/wiki/Irish_National_Stud" title="Irish National Stud">Irish National Stud</a> and many other top studs such as Gilltown, Moyglare and <a href="/wiki/Kildangan_Stud" class="mw-redirect" title="Kildangan Stud">Kildangan Stud</a>, and race horse training establishments, such as the Osborne Stables. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Motorsports">Motorsports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Kildare&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Motorsports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kildare is the home to <a href="/wiki/Mondello_Park" title="Mondello Park">Mondello Park</a>, Ireland's only international motorsport venue. Established by <a href="/wiki/Martin_Birrane" title="Martin Birrane">Martin Birrane</a> in 1968 on 45 hectares (110 acres), and redeveloped in 1999/2000, the facility incorporates 3.5 km (2.2 mi) of race track, 24 race garages and 12 Hospitality Suites. The Circuit also has 3 km (1.9 mi) of extreme off-road driving trails and a 2-hectare (5-acre) off-road activities centre and the Museum of Motorsport. Mondello Park was awarded the <a href="/wiki/FIA" class="mw-redirect" title="FIA">FIA</a> International race track status in 2001. It is host to National and International Race events, Motor Shows, Car & Bike Track days, Training Schools and Corporate Events. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Soccer">Soccer</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Kildare&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Soccer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Kildare_County_F.C." title="Kildare County F.C.">Kildare County F.C.</a> was a League of Ireland club from 2002 until 2009, based in Newbridge, where Leinster Senior League side <a href="/wiki/Newbridge_Town_F.C." title="Newbridge Town F.C.">Newbridge Town F.C.</a> was invited to join the league in 2002, however, a broader Kildare-based franchise was created instead, playing out of <a href="/wiki/Station_Road,_Newbridge" title="Station Road, Newbridge">Station Road, Newbridge</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Places_of_interest">Places of interest</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Kildare&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Places of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Monuments_in_County_Kildare" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Monuments in County Kildare">List of National Monuments in County Kildare</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Castledermot_Abbey" title="Castledermot Abbey">Castledermot Abbey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castledermot_Round_Tower" title="Castledermot Round Tower">Castledermot Round Tower</a></li> <li><a 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id="cite_ref-ADB_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ADB-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aisling_Bea" title="Aisling Bea">Aisling Bea</a>: Comedian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eamon_Broy" title="Eamon Broy">Eamon Broy</a>: Policeman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Domhnall_Ua_Buachalla" title="Domhnall Ua Buachalla">Domhnall Ua Buachalla</a>: Governor-General of the Irish Free State</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambrose_Bury" title="Ambrose Bury">Ambrose Bury</a>: Canadian politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Cullen_(bishop)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul Cullen (bishop)">Paul Cullen (bishop)</a>: Archbishop of Dublin and Archbishop of Armagh<sup id="cite_ref-Molony_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Molony-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Devoy" title="John Devoy">John Devoy</a>: Fenian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_FitzClarence" title="Charles FitzClarence">Charles FitzClarence</a>: soldier</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Edward_FitzGerald" title="Lord Edward FitzGerald">Lord Edward FitzGerald</a>: revolutionary</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gorman_(Wisconsin_politician)" title="Michael Gorman (Wisconsin politician)">Michael Gorman</a>: American politician<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Hayes" title="Gabriel Hayes">Gabriel Hayes</a>: sculptor and coin designer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Vincent_Holland" title="John Vincent Holland">John Vincent Holland</a>: soldier<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Kelly_Lawler" title="Michael Kelly Lawler">Michael Kelly Lawler</a>: soldier</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Lonsdale" title="Kathleen Lonsdale">Kathleen Lonsdale</a>: scientist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_de_Robeck" title="John de Robeck">John de Robeck</a>: admiral<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Shackleton" title="Ernest Shackleton">Ernest Shackleton</a>: explorer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_St._Leger" title="Barry St. Leger">Barry St. Leger</a>: soldier<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports">Sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Kildare&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Tompkins" title="Larry Tompkins">Larry Tompkins</a>: Eadestown GAA</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leighton_Aspell" title="Leighton Aspell">Leighton Aspell</a>: twice <a href="/wiki/Grand_National" title="Grand National">Grand National</a>-winning jockey</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nonpareil_Dempsey" class="mw-redirect" title="Nonpareil Dempsey">Nonpareil Dempsey</a>: boxer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Goff" title="Matt Goff">Matt Goff</a>: Gaelic footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willoughby_Hamilton" title="Willoughby Hamilton">Willoughby Hamilton</a>: tennis player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_O%27Brien_(rugby_union)" title="Jimmy O'Brien (rugby union)">Jimmy O'Brien</a>: plays for the <a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Ireland national rugby sevens team">Ireland national rugby sevens team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruby_Walsh" title="Ruby Walsh">Ruby Walsh</a> : National Hunt Jockey</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Collins" title="Nathan Collins">Nathan Collins</a> : <a href="/wiki/Brentford_F.C." title="Brentford F.C.">Brentford F.C.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland_national_football_team" title="Republic of Ireland national football team">Republic of Ireland national football team</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Travers" title="Mark Travers">Mark Travers</a> : <a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City F.C.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland_national_football_team" title="Republic of Ireland national football team">Republic of Ireland national football team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Omobamidele" title="Andrew Omobamidele">Andrew Omobamidele</a> : <a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Forest_F.C." title="Nottingham Forest F.C.">Nottingham Forest F.C.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland_national_football_team" title="Republic of Ireland national football team">Republic of Ireland national football team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conn_McDunphy" title="Conn McDunphy">Conn McDunphy</a> : Professional Cyclist, 2020 <a href="/wiki/Cycling_Ireland" title="Cycling Ireland">Cycling Ireland</a> National <a href="/wiki/Time_Trial" class="mw-redirect" title="Time Trial">Time Trial</a> Champion.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayley_Nolan" title="Hayley Nolan">Hayley Nolan</a>: <a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace_F.C._(Women)" title="Crystal Palace F.C. (Women)">Crystal Palace F.C. (Women)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Republic of Ireland women's national football team">Republic of Ireland women's national football team</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Writers,_musicians,_and_entertainers"><span id="Writers.2C_musicians.2C_and_entertainers"></span>Writers, musicians, and entertainers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Kildare&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Writers, musicians, and entertainers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/County_Kildare" title="Special:EditPage/County Kildare">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.<br /><small><span class="plainlinks"><i>Find sources:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22County+Kildare%22">"County Kildare"</a> – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=%22County+Kildare%22+-wikipedia&tbs=ar:1">news</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22County+Kildare%22&tbs=bkt:s&tbm=bks">newspapers</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22County+Kildare%22+-wikipedia">books</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22County+Kildare%22">scholar</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22County+Kildare%22&acc=on&wc=on">JSTOR</a></span></small></span> <span 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title="Teresa Brayton">Teresa Brayton</a>: writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molly_Keane" title="Molly Keane">Molly Keane</a>: novelist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emily_Lawless" title="Emily Lawless">Emily Lawless</a>: writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Leadbeater" title="Mary Leadbeater">Mary Leadbeater</a>: writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_MacKenna" title="John MacKenna">John MacKenna</a>: playwright, author, actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Mescal" title="Paul Mescal">Paul Mescal</a>: actor<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_X1_(band)" title="Bell X1 (band)">Bell X1</a> are from <a href="/wiki/Celbridge" title="Celbridge">Celbridge</a>, County Kildare.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luka_Bloom" title="Luka Bloom">Luka Bloom</a> is from <a href="/wiki/Newbridge,_County_Kildare" title="Newbridge, County Kildare">Newbridge</a><sup id="cite_ref-allmusic-deming_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allmusic-deming-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Doyle_(musician)" title="Joe Doyle (musician)">Joseph Doyle</a>, bassist from Irish band <a href="/wiki/The_Frames" title="The Frames">The Frames</a> is from <a href="/wiki/Allenwood,_County_Kildare" title="Allenwood, County Kildare">Allenwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graham_Hopkins" title="Graham Hopkins">Graham Hopkins</a>, drummer with <a href="/wiki/The_Frames" title="The Frames">The Frames</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Swell_Season" title="The Swell Season">The Swell Season</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Therapy%3F" title="Therapy?">Therapy?</a> is from <a href="/wiki/Clane" title="Clane">Clane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damien_Leith" title="Damien Leith">Damien Leith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australian_Idol_2006" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Idol 2006">Australian Idol 2006</a> winner and singer-songwriter lived in <a href="/wiki/Milltown,_County_Kildare" title="Milltown, County Kildare">Milltown</a> until he moved to Australia.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Lukeman" title="Jack Lukeman">Jack Lukeman</a>, otherwise known as Jack L, is from <a href="/wiki/Athy" title="Athy">Athy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%B3nal_Lunny" title="Dónal Lunny">Dónal Lunny</a> was raised in Newbridge.<sup id="cite_ref-O'Toole_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-O'Toole-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 4">: 4 </span></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miracle_Bell" title="Miracle Bell">Miracle Bell</a>, Indie-pop band, hail from <a href="/wiki/Naas" title="Naas">Naas</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christy_Moore" title="Christy Moore">Christy Moore</a>, folk musician, was born in Newbridge.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liam_O%27Flynn" title="Liam O'Flynn">Liam O'Flynn</a> from the band Planxty is from <a href="/wiki/Kill,_County_Kildare" title="Kill, County Kildare">Kill</a><sup id="cite_ref-LarkinGE_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinGE-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean_Sophia_Pigott" title="Jean Sophia Pigott">Jean Sophia Pigott</a>, Christian poet and hymn lyricist from <a href="/wiki/Leixlip" title="Leixlip">Leixlip</a><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damien_Rice" title="Damien Rice">Damien Rice</a> was born in <a href="/wiki/Celbridge" title="Celbridge">Celbridge</a><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heidi_Talbot" title="Heidi Talbot">Heidi Talbot</a> is from <a href="/wiki/Kill,_County_Kildare" title="Kill, County Kildare">Kill</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twinning">Twinning</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Kildare&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Twinning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="List of twin towns and sister cities in the Republic of Ireland">List of twin towns and sister cities in the Republic of Ireland</a></div> <p>County Kildare is <a href="/wiki/Town_twinning" class="mw-redirect" title="Town twinning">twinned</a> with the following places: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deauville" title="Deauville">Deauville</a>, France<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Kentucky" title="Lexington, Kentucky">Lexington</a>, Kentucky, USA<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Both are major centres of the <a href="/wiki/Thoroughbred" title="Thoroughbred">Thoroughbred</a> breeding industry in their respective countries. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Kildare&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_abbeys_and_priories_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland#County_Kildare" class="mw-redirect" title="List of abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland">List of abbeys and priories in Ireland (County Kildare)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Kildare" title="Lord Lieutenant of Kildare">Lord Lieutenant of Kildare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Sheriff_of_Kildare" title="High Sheriff of Kildare">High Sheriff of Kildare</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Kildare&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 June</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=kildare.ie&rft.atitle=A+Brief+History+of+Co.Kildare&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kildare.ie%2Fheritage%2Flocal-history.asp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACounty+Kildare" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cso2022-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-cso2022_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cso2022_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cso2022_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cpr/censusofpopulation2022-preliminaryresults/geographicchanges/">"Census of Population 2022 – Preliminary Results"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Central_Statistics_Office_(Ireland)" title="Central Statistics Office (Ireland)">Central Statistics Office (Ireland)</a>. 23 June 2022. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230403014153/https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cpr/censusofpopulation2022-preliminaryresults/geographicchanges/">Archived</a> from the original on 3 April 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 May</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Census+of+Population+2022+%E2%80%93+Preliminary+Results&rft.pub=Central+Statistics+Office+%28Ireland%29&rft.date=2022-06-23&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cso.ie%2Fen%2Freleasesandpublications%2Fep%2Fp-cpr%2Fcensusofpopulation2022-preliminaryresults%2Fgeographicchanges%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACounty+Kildare" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cso2016-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-cso2016_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cso2016_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=CTY31&Geog_Code=2AE1962914A713A3E055000000000001">"Census 2016 Sapmap Area: County Kildare"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Central_Statistics_Office_(Ireland)" title="Central Statistics Office (Ireland)">Central Statistics Office (Ireland)</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190112150121/http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=CTY31&Geog_Code=2AE1962914A713A3E055000000000001">Archived</a> from the original on 12 January 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Census+2016+Sapmap+Area%3A+County+Kildare&rft.pub=Central+Statistics+Office+%28Ireland%29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fcensus.cso.ie%2Fsapmap2016%2FResults.aspx%3FGeog_Type%3DCTY31%26Geog_Code%3D2AE1962914A713A3E055000000000001&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACounty+Kildare" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.cso.ie/census">http://www.cso.ie/census</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100920090814/http://cso.ie/census">Archived</a> 20 September 2010 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> for post 1821 figures, 1653 and 1659 figures from Civil Survey Census of those years, Paper of Mr Hardinge to Royal Irish Academy 14 March 1865, 1788 Estimate from survey by GP Bushe. |1813 estimate from Mason's Statistical Survey</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOtway-Ruthven1980" class="citation book cs1">Otway-Ruthven, Annette Jocelyn (1980). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=K_4NAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA174"><i>A history of medieval Ireland</i></a>. 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href="/wiki/Caragh" title="Caragh">Caragh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carbury,_County_Kildare" title="Carbury, County Kildare">Carbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castledermot" title="Castledermot">Castledermot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coill_Dubh" title="Coill Dubh">Coill Dubh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cutbush" title="Cutbush">Cutbush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derrinturn" title="Derrinturn">Derrinturn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eadestown" title="Eadestown">Eadestown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grangemore" title="Grangemore">Grangemore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawkfield" title="Hawkfield">Hawkfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnstown,_County_Kildare" title="Johnstown, County Kildare">Johnstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilberry,_County_Kildare" title="Kilberry, County Kildare">Kilberry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilcullen" title="Kilcullen">Kilcullen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kildangan" title="Kildangan">Kildangan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kill,_County_Kildare" title="Kill, County Kildare">Kill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilkea" title="Kilkea">Kilkea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilmead" title="Kilmead">Kilmead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilmeage" title="Kilmeage">Kilmeage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilshanchoe" title="Kilshanchoe">Kilshanchoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilteel" title="Kilteel">Kilteel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lullymore" title="Lullymore">Lullymore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milltown,_County_Kildare" title="Milltown, County Kildare">Milltown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moone" title="Moone">Moone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narraghmore" title="Narraghmore">Narraghmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nurney,_County_Kildare" title="Nurney, County Kildare">Nurney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rathcoffey" title="Rathcoffey">Rathcoffey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robertstown,_County_Kildare" title="Robertstown, County Kildare">Robertstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Straffan" title="Straffan">Straffan</a></li> <li><a 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