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and Isabella, heiress to Strongbow and Aoife). Sybilla was already dead so the "Liberty of Kildare", including what is now counties Laois and Offaly, passed to her daughter Agnes and husband William de Vesci. In 1278 the "Liberty" (later County) of Kildare was restored to Anges de Vesci. On her death
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Early estimates of Kildare's population include GP Bushe's 1788 return of the number of households in Kildare at 11,272 (population afterwards estimated at 71,570) and DA Beaufort's household returns of 11,205 in 1790, and estimated population at 56,000. Mason's Statistical Survey of 1813 calculated
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in August 1647, crippling Confederate power in the area. Kildare landowner and Confederate cavalry officer Garret Cron Fitzgerald was killed early in the battle. In 1648 Owen Roe O'Neill refused to ally his army with Ormonde's royalists and the moderate Confederates, and engaged in a brief war with
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in 1533 after his decision to remarry, the Pope appointed Franciscan DĂłnall O BĂłachĂĄin bishop of Kildare. When he died almost immediately Thady Reynolds was appointed and initially recognised by Henry VIII. Reynolds refused to break with Rome in common with most Irish bishops and while he continued
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was recorded as the fastest growing town in Ireland. Naas was the largest town in 1996 only to be overtaken by Newbridge again in 2002 when the census recorded a highest ever population of 163,995 for the county, a 21.5pc increase on 1996. Infrastructural projects helped change the demographics of
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castle was also taken before Thomas submitted in October. Despite a guarantee of personal safety, Silken Thomas and five uncles were executed in the Tower of London in 1537. Thomas's younger brother GearĂłid was smuggled to Tuscany. The FitzGerald lands were confiscated and the biggest share-out of
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Traffic on the Grand Canal peaked at 120,615 passengers in 1846 and 379,045 tons of cargo in 1865. The canal was motorised in 1911–24 and closed for commercial traffic in 1960. The Grand Canal remains open for pleasure boats and restoration of the Royal Canal was completed in 2006. Both were
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were extended to supervising "the proper conduct of the King's Plate". Maps of the county compiled by Noble & Keenan in 1753 and Alexander Taylor in 1783 show the advent of arterial drainage and the boglands of the north west of the county being reclaimed for agriculture.
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in 1852 by Musselburgh club member David Ritchie. In 1871 County Kildare Cricket Club was formed "for the promotion of cricket, football, archery, pigeon shooting, lawn tennis and, if possible, polo. Kildaremen winning sporting fame in the USA included
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was established on an annual basis from 1866 on. The Turf Club regulated to famous bare knuckle contests involving Dublin prize fighter Dan Donnelly against Tom Hall in 1814 and George Cooper in 1815, drawing estimated crowds of 20,000 to the
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after 633AD helped promote the cult of St Brigid, as she was related to that dynasty, giving her status as one of three 'national saints' of Ireland and increasing the status of the two monasteries where they had influence, Kildare and
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in 1297 and assumed its present borders in 1836. Its location in the Liffey basin on the main routes from Dublin to the south and west meant it was a valuable possession and important theatre of events throughout Irish history.
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In 2000 Kildare was designated the "Thoroughbred County" by its county council in recognition of its equine tradition. In 2000 Kildare-trained racehorses won the leading races in England and Ireland over jumps and on the flat,
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horse racing circuit in 1790 to regulate the racing of horses, but attempts to establish an Irish 1000 guineas in 1815 and an "O'Darby Stakes" in 1817 were unsuccessful until the most important flat race in the country, the
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Kildare enjoyed prosperity during the 18th century, as the focus of economic life turned to the large landed estates and market towns. The Earl of Kildare purchased and started reconstruction of Carton House near
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the county. The Kildare leg of the dual carriageway to Naas opened in 1963 and was followed by Ireland's first section of motorway, the Naas Bypass in 1983, the Newbridge bypass (1993), Kildare bypass (2003) and
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that broke out in October of that year. The early fighting in Kildare saw small bands of Irish Catholic rebels attacking English troops and Protestant settlers, followed by a punitive English expedition led by
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deprived the Abbess of Kildare of traditional precedence over bishops and when the last abbess of Kildare, Sadb ingen Gluniarainn Meic Murchada, (niece of Diarmait Mac Murchada), died in 1171 the
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Work on the Grand Canal began in 1756 and it reached the Kildare border in 1763. In 1779 the first section of Grand Canal was opened to goods traffic, from Dublin to Ballyheally, near
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Even at the supposed height of their power, accusations by rivals that the family was plotting against Henry VIII bedeviled the FitzGerald dynasty. GearĂłid MĂłr spent two years and
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who won the world middleweight boxing title in 1884 in Great Kills, New York, held the title for seven years and inspired a later heavyweight boxer to borrow his name. In 1893
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Races were reorganised and reconstituted as 'Kildare and National Hunt Steeplechases' in 1861. The first day of the 1868 meeting attracted an estimated 150,000 spectators.
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among first professors. In 1817 Maynooth's lay college closed and it functioned solely as a Catholic seminary for 150 years. In 1910 it became a constituent college of the
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as the first Protestant bishop, partly because he was Kildare's first married bishop and partly because Henry VIII also disliked Lutherans until his death in 1547. By 1550
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Kildare land since the Cambro-Norman conquest took place. In 1552 GearĂłid the only survivor of FitzGerald family, was restored to his ancestral title and possessions.
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helped establish Gaelic football as a major sport meeting Kerry three times in 1903 GAA All Ireland "home" final attracting attendances of 12,000, 18,000 and 20,000.
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was executed in Naas for plotting against the English administration in 1795. In December 1797, 1,500 guns and 3,000 bayonets were captured on a boat on the canal at
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in the 1780s. Turnpike roads were built from the 1730s. John Wynn Baker opened Kildare's earliest factory, manufacturing agricultural instruments at Loughlinstown,
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In 1297 William de Vesci surrendered the "Liberty of Kildare" to the English crown. "County Kildare" came into being and was defined as such by an Act of the new
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to minister Henry VIII appointed William Miagh in opposition as the first Protestant bishop of Kildare. Some later documents refer to his 1550 successor
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in 1691, further estates in Kildare forfeited included those of Talbot, Dongan, Tyrrel, Eustace, Trant and Lawless who continued to support the losing
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despite an initially successful effort by General Dundas to defuse the rising with a policy of mass pardons. In turn, the two loyalist garrisons at
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to marry one of his followers and installed his niece as abbess. It was the end of the only major Irish church office open to women, in 1152 the
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raided Kildare monastery for first of sixteen times, the second and most destructive raid following three years after, and the power of the
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was completed in 1656. It served as the basis of more redistribution of land confiscated after the Cromwellian conquest, in line with the
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The first attempt to define the borders of Kildare was in 1111 when a sphere of influence for Kildare diocese was defined by the synod of
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in Dublin. In the 1790s the Royal Canal was dug from Dublin along the north of the county and the first railways were laid in the 1840s.
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became one of the first to use guns in Ireland, importing six handguns from Germany for his personal guard and using cannon to destroy
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Corporation, countrolled by the Bourke family, was dissolved in 1840. In 1898 Stephen J Brown was elected first chairman of the first
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was assisted by a ÂŁ25,000 grant from the Irish Parliament in building a cotton mill and town of 200 houses at the newly named town of
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bishop of Kildare, Charles Dalrymple Lindsay. In 1976 the Church of Ireland diocese of Kildare separated from Dublin and joined to
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were also slaughtered after surrendering. The fighting in Kildare did not end until the surrender of William Aylmer in mid-July.
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in 1555–58, Thomas Leverous became the first native Kildare bishop in 400 years, being of Norman descent. In 1558 the new queen,
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brought the famous abbacy to an end. Gerald of Wales/ Giraldus Cambrensis visited Kildare in 1186 and described the (later lost)
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races. The first annual ball of the Kildare hunt was held in 1860, soon to become the social event of the year in the county.
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was a prominent member of the government in waiting should the rebellion succeed. United Irish leader and later informer
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1653 and 1659 figures from Civil Survey Census of those years, Paper of Mr Hardinge to Royal Irish Academy 14 March 1865
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to become the pre-eminent family in the county. John FitzThomas FitzGerald, 5th Baron of Offaly, was created the first
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Diocese to the south in 1676 when Mark Forstall, bishop of Kildare, was also appointed administrator of Leighlin by
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as Kildare's largest in 1901 (Naas 3,836, Athy 3,599) but regained its position by a small margin in 1926. By 1956
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ran a new world mile record of 4 minutes 17.8 seconds, a record that was to stand for 20 years. In 1903 the fourth
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politicised the largely agricultural county and one of the first politicians elected to the new Irish parliament,
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marched to Thomas Street in Dublin to participate in the ill-fated rebellion. Emmett's uniform was later found at
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in charge. Thomas declared rebellion (11 June) on false information that his father had been executed. In 1535
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The Norman settlers also had their own literature. In 1200–25 the "Song of Dermot and the Earl" was drafted in
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on twenty occasions between 1255 and 1484, and there were also sittings in Kildare in 1266–67 and 1310, 12 in
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in 1805. In 1816 a new town came into being with the building of a military barracks near a bridge over the
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to his soldiers to plunder, reduced Kildare cathedral to ruins through cannon fire and sent parties to burn
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passed through the county on the way from Dublin to the Shannon. The county was run by landowners on the
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cause. The best known buyer of land from the new grantees was the Donegal-born lawyer and estate agent,
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County Kildare assumed its current borders in 1836 when it was reassigned three detached sections of
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or London, most Kildare landlords lived on their land and reinvested more of their income locally.
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Kildare suffered greatly in the civil wars of the 1640s that ravaged both Ireland and Britain -see
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nature of which was subject of iconoclastic suspicion as early as 1220 when it was extinguished by
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were fired in Kildare. On 23 May, the signal for rebellion given when mail coaches were seized at
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Cricket clubs were established from the 1850s on and Ireland's first golf course laid out on the
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The Parliamentarians were the more hostile faction to the Confederates and a truce known as the
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One outcome of the rebellion was the establishment of a temporary military encampment at the
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was the only town successfully seized by the rebels ( 23–25 July) and Kildare troops under
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the number of households at 14,564, and the population at 85,000 with figures for towns:
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were massacred by the English crown forces at FĂłd SpĂĄinigh. In 1581 Catholic martyrs Fr
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in 1513 from gunshot wounds received in an engagement with O'Mores and was succeeded by
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family (1470–1535) Kildare came virtual capital of Ireland. The Irish Parliament sat in
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Augustinian priory, set to become one of the finest in medieval Ireland, was founded by
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campaign. Several Kildare politicians have held high rank since independence including
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near the Dublin-Kildare border in January 1846. By June the line had been completed to
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at Cill Dara is 490 AD, the date for the death of the first Bishop Conlaed ua hEimri, (
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in 1739. Henry Boyle Carter purchased and started reconstruction of Castlemartin near
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In 1995 a section of the line was opened for a new Dublin area commuter service, the
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was the largest town with a population of 4,157, (Athy 3,948, Naas 3,915). In 1986
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and Kildare surrendered to Cromwellian forces. Cromwell's Dublin-based commander
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as the "dictation of an angel." He also recorded the sacred fire of Kildare, the
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1,468, Kildare 1,299. The first census in 1821 recorded a population of 99,065 (
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landed in Dublin with over 10,000 Parliamentarian troops and began a thorough
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and then defeated the Confederate Irish forces under Lord Mountgarret in the
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The 1297 boundaries of County Kildare included much of the present counties
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for Catholic lay and ecclesiastical students in 1795, with Kildare-born Fr
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the county has been merged with other constituencies, or has been divided:
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in 1784. In 1729 Ireland's first turnpike road was created from Dublin to
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was recalled to London once more (February), leaving his 20-year-old son
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The first sod on the new railway line from Dublin to Cork was turned at
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seriously affected by the advent of railways in Kildare from the 1840s.
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in 1478. English King Richard II took the submission of Irish chiefs at
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dynasty from power in 1170, Diarmait Mac Murcada's Norman allies led by
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11 years in all as the King's prisoner in the Tower of London. In 1534
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Shortly afterwards De Vesci fled to France, leaving the FitzGeralds of
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in 1796, but this more northerly line was never a commercial success.
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which was the usual landholding system in western Europe at the time.
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was subdivided, Kildare was assigned to Sybilla (fourth daughter of
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in 1014. After the death of the last Kildare-based King of Laighin,
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claimed descent from DĂșnlaing, son of Enna Nia. Their positions as
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from Greenhills, Kill won the Irish (Comanche Court) and English (
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In 1132 Kildare monastery was destroyed by Diarmait Mac Murchada /
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Catholic rebels set up their own government at Kilkenny known as
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was hanged, he became the county's third famous Catholic martyr.
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and reopened for lay students in 1967. Nobel Peace prize winner
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castle in that year and hanged its garrison. However, Preston's
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movement and the establishment of a nationalist newspaper, the
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on 18 June. 350 surrendering prisoners were slaughtered in the
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Minister for Forestry and Fisheries 1979–81 and Defence 1982.
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Minister for Finance 1997–2004 and later EU commissioner, and
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in 1613. In 1576 the earliest record of grazing rights on the
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in 1290 her son William succeeded to the Lordship of Kildare.
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in 1200 brought a new monastic tradition to Kildare. In 1202
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were unopposed following the death of Aed mac Colggan in the
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in the province of Leinster, Ireland, was first defined as a
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participated in a brief United Irish uprising organised by
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named Robert Bathe as the beneficiary. In 1580, during the
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castle to secure his southern frontier in 1506 but died in
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In 1918 both elections were won by members who sat in the
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in gold and silver was created for the relics of Conlaed (
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Kildare's population plunged to a low of 57,892 in 1936.
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and three Taoisigh of the Republic are among its alumni.
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to Meyler FitzHenry, Naas Offalia to Maurice Fitzgerald,
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was born at Kill. Incidents in the Land War such as the
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When the English crown turned back to Catholicism under
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all assisted in the coronation of the Yorkist pretender
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by the O'Dempsey's in 1189 and an Augustinian priory in
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branch of the Grand Canal completed. The canal reached
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Gerald FitzGerald, GearĂłid MĂłr, eighth earl of Kildare
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Kildare had ten parliamentary representatives in old
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and in 1780 to passenger boats. Ten years later the
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With the rise of the 2054:and two members from each of the boroughs of 1913:was buried at his godfather's family plot at 537:After the Cambro-Norman invasion removed the 330:). Further south, the death of Diarmait (St. 1838:in 1784, and a southern branch known as the 1345:Industrial projects were started by largely 755:in Dublin but were pardoned by the new king 532: 2601:"Song of Dermot and the earl at UCC online" 1264:United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1188:in 1730. The running of horse races on the 671:The establishment of a Cistercian Abbey at 50:Learn how and when to remove these messages 2477:1987–90 and Minister for Finance 1982–86, 2445:, who had led a column of volunteers from 2351:from Birmingham and the course staged the 1865:1798 rebellion and Emmet rebellion of 1803 1219:living and spending their rents mostly in 580: 2754:Historic constituencies in County Kildare 212:Learn how and when to remove this message 147:Learn how and when to remove this message 2398: 2283: 2164: 1814:as a centre for second-level education. 1340: 622: 545:divided Kildare amongst themselves: the 460:", Kildare was described at line 4 as: " 189:of all important aspects of the article. 2654:"British Library Manuscript Harley 913" 1393:in 1755 and bought a second brewery at 1274:from 1801 to 1885, returning 2 members; 402:/MĂĄistĂ­n 9 UĂ­ Faelain kings (later the 2741: 2685:from the original on 20 September 2010 2279: 2241: 1447: 1102: 870: 476:, King of Laighin, when he forced the 437:in the north of the county in 999 and 306:of Kildare, was compiled in 650 AD by 185:Please consider expanding the lead to 2712:1788 Estimate from survey by GP Bushe 2633:from the original on 17 November 2008 2607:from the original on 15 November 2008 1142: 739:Augustinian Priory in 1395. in 1481, 516: 2041: 1400: 1107:The first major map of Kildare, The 1023:, a ceasefire between Royalists and 926: 824:broke with the Roman Catholic Church 467: 373: 158: 85:adding citations to reliable sources 56: 15: 2492: 2410:Kildare did not participate in the 1239:, and two each for the boroughs of 1174: 1063:, on the road between Maynooth and 956:The wars began in Ireland with the 895:, 200 Spaniards who had arrived in 817: 250:'s map of Ireland in 100 AD may be 13: 2581:from the original on 27 March 2010 2339:In 1995 the annual staging of the 2266:Great Southern and Western Railway 2169:Map of the Dublin Suburban network 2097:constituency had two seats in the 1442: 1099:were captured without opposition. 945:came to reside at the uncompleted 710: 699:and in 1302 a Franciscan abbey at 666: 241: 14: 2765: 2727: 2658:Medieval Ireland: an Encyclopedia 2651: 2343:golf tournament was moved to the 1226: 703:. In the early 14th century, the 553:to Robert FitzHereford and Salt ( 31:This article has multiple issues. 2017: 1982:In 1803 Kildaremen recruited by 163: 61: 20: 2553: 2441:, last Governor General of the 2099:United Kingdom House of Commons 1963:was eventually defeated at the 282:. The rise of Kildare sept the 177:may be too short to adequately 72:needs additional citations for 39:or discuss these issues on the 2715: 2706: 2697: 2671: 2619: 2593: 2567: 2481:Minister for Finance 1954–57, 2394: 1796:National University of Ireland 449:sept based in the south east. 187:provide an accessible overview 1: 2627:"Kildare Poems at UCC online" 2561: 2513:became the largest town, and 1802:is among its alumni. In 1812 1778: 638: 511: 850:he was deprived of his see. 7: 2449:to participate in the 1916 2160: 1877:Support in Kildare for the 1270:the single constituency of 1266:(1801–1918) Kildare became 429:waned after the battles of 96:"History of County Kildare" 10: 2770: 2414:rebellion of 1867, though 2211: 1944:. Kildare rebels attacked 939:Wars of the Three Kingdoms 930: 687:. In 1223 the last Gaelic 486:Norman invasion of Ireland 2749:History of County Kildare 1885:who inherited Lyons near 1821: 1772: 1460:—     1262:In the Parliament of the 905:1579 Papal invasion force 533:Initial Norman structures 392:University College Dublin 2314:Jack (Nonpareil) Dempsey 2312:-born Jack Kelly, alias 1905:in 1796 to organise the 989:(15 April). When Father 893:Second Desmond Rebellion 2679:"for post 1821 figures" 2433:, was a veteran of the 2185:was closed in 1947 and 1932:The first shots of the 1872:Irish Rebellion of 1798 1853:in 1789 and it reached 958:Irish Rebellion of 1641 759:after Simnel's defeat. 727:between 1264 and 1509, 581:Beginning of the County 338:scholar and founder of 2546:by-pass (1994) on the 2407: 2300: 2170: 2115:Kildare County Council 2107:Richard More O'Ferrall 2048:Irish House of Commons 2030:– it was to be called 1899:Lord Edward Fitzgerald 1804:Clongowes Wood College 1426:3,073, Kildare 1,516, 1277:two constituencies of 1257:Irish House of Commons 1117:Plantations of Ireland 1077:re-conquest of Ireland 1061:battle of Dungans Hill 933:Irish Confederate Wars 822:After King Henry VIII 805:Castle, stronghold of 568:In 1247 the estate of 506:Protestant Reformation 388:Battle of Ballyshannon 2538:bypass (2005) on the 2522:bypass (2004) on the 2469:1948–51 and 1954–57, 2402: 2328:Motor Race staged in 2293:Gordon Bennett Trophy 2287: 2236:Enfield, County Meath 2234:, continuing towards 2168: 2086:at Bishopscourt near 1792:John Chetwode Eustace 1434:Historical population 1341:Industrial Revolution 1233:Parliament of Ireland 1113:Adventurers' Act 1640 770:in County Westmeath. 623:Changes in boundaries 443:Murchad Mac Dunlainge 2214:Dublin Suburban Rail 2139:Charles Henry Meldon 1969:Gibbet Rath massacre 1959:, and a force under 1389:leased a brewery at 879:granted charters to 745:Great Connell Priory 737:Great Connell Priory 733:Great Connell Priory 693:Cornelius MacFaelain 681:Great Connell Priory 557:– Salmon Leap, i.e. 529:was also a diocese. 502:archbishop of Dublin 474:Diarmait MacMurrough 462:The heart of Ireland 81:improve this article 2355:in September 2006. 2280:Athletes and horses 2250:was founded at the 2242:Sporting Revolution 2153:and founder of the 2131:William H. 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For a short time 314:, the first of the 2530:bypass (1994) and 2408: 2326:Gordon Bennett Cup 2301: 2171: 1849:Work began on the 1433: 1355:Abraham Shackleton 1217:absentee landlords 1153:St Oliver Plunkett 1143:Diocese of Kildare 1121:Treaty of Limerick 1025:Irish Confederates 848:Oath of Allegiance 615:" were written in 517:Origins as diocese 312:FaolĂĄn mac ColmĂĄin 246:An inland town on 2439:DĂłnal Ó Buachalla 2155:Irish Independent 2042:Local politicians 1923:Lawrence O'Connor 1883:Valentine Lawless 1776: 1775: 1401:Population growth 1165:Church of Ireland 1089:Ballisonan Castle 1047:briefly in 1647. 1029:Jigginstown House 1010:English Civil War 1000:In May 1642, the 987:Battle of Kilrush 947:Jigginstown House 927:Wars of the 1640s 919:were executed in 729:Ballymore Eustace 689:bishop of Kildare 649:Ballymore Eustace 547:Barony of Carbury 468:End of the Abbacy 458:Triads of Ireland 384:Kings of Leinster 374:Kings of Leinster 346:at Kildare town: 222: 221: 214: 204: 203: 157: 156: 149: 131: 54: 2761: 2722: 2719: 2713: 2710: 2704: 2701: 2695: 2694: 2692: 2690: 2675: 2669: 2668: 2666: 2664: 2649: 2643: 2642: 2640: 2638: 2623: 2617: 2616: 2614: 2612: 2597: 2591: 2590: 2588: 2586: 2571: 2493:Towns and trends 2483:Charlie McCreevy 2443:Irish Free State 2289:Alexander Winton 2195:Tullow Extension 2183:Straffan Station 2090:. The post-1801 2076:Castletown House 2006:, was buried at 1449: 1444: 1436: 1432: 1297:Irish Free State 1175:Georgian Kildare 1133:Castletown House 1041:Woodstock Castle 1037:Owen Roe O'Neill 1027:, was signed at 1014:Parliamentarians 943:Thomas Wentworth 901:Dingle Peninsula 829:Thomas Lancaster 818:Religious change 685:Meyler FitzHenry 617:medieval English 604:on 14 May 1316. 587:Irish Parliament 574:William Marshall 498:Henry de Londres 410:) were based at 398:) were based at 217: 210: 199: 196: 190: 167: 159: 152: 145: 141: 138: 132: 130: 89: 65: 57: 46: 24: 23: 16: 2769: 2768: 2764: 2763: 2762: 2760: 2759: 2758: 2739: 2738: 2730: 2725: 2720: 2716: 2711: 2707: 2702: 2698: 2688: 2686: 2677: 2676: 2672: 2662: 2660: 2652:Lucas, Angela. 2650: 2646: 2636: 2634: 2625: 2624: 2620: 2610: 2608: 2599: 2598: 2594: 2584: 2582: 2575:"Triads online" 2573: 2572: 2568: 2564: 2556: 2495: 2397: 2369:Grand Nationals 2282: 2244: 2216: 2163: 2151:Leinster Leader 2149:, owner of the 2135:Otho Fitzgerald 2123:Leinster Leader 2072:William Conolly 2044: 2020: 1921:and Ballitore. 1907:United Irishmen 1891:Thomas Reynolds 1879:United Irishmen 1867: 1824: 1781: 1403: 1395:St James's Gate 1387:Arthur Guinness 1343: 1304:Kildare–Wicklow 1229: 1177: 1157:James Gallagher 1145: 1129:William Conolly 1105: 1073:Oliver Cromwell 935: 929: 907:and marched to 903:as part of the 873: 820: 713: 711:The Fitzgeralds 669: 667:Monastic houses 641: 625: 602:Earl of Kildare 583: 570:Anselm Marshall 555:Saltus salmonus 535: 519: 514: 490:Book of Kildare 470: 447:UĂ­ Cheinnselaig 376: 322:. 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