County Kildare

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 Carlow, Laois, Meath, Offaly, South Dublin and Wicklow. As an inland county, Kildare is generally a lowland region. The county's highest points are the foothills of the Wicklow Mountains bordering to the east. The highest point in Kildare is Cupidstown Hill on the border with South Dublin, with the better-known Hill of Allen in central Kildare.

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• Allen
• Allenwood
• Ardclough
• Athy
• Ballitore
• Ballymore Eustace
• Calverstown
• Caragh
• Carbury
• Castledermot
• Celbridge
• Clane
• Coill Dubh
• Curragh
• Derrinturn
• Eadestown
• Johnstown
• Johnstownbridge
• Kilberry
• Kilcock
• Kilcullen
• Kildangan
• Kildare
• Kill
• Kilmead
• Kilmeage
• Kilteel
• Leixlip
• Lullymore
• Maynooth
• Milltown
• Monasterevin
• Moone
• Naas
• Narraghmore
• Newbridge
• Nurney
• Prosperous
• Rathangan
• Robertstown
• Sallins
• Staplestown
• Straffan
• Suncroft
• Timolin

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File:Ireland - Plains of South Kildare.jpg

{{Historical populations

| state=collapsed

|1500|2887

|1510|4112

|1550|5033

|1580|6787

|1585|3454

|1600|4556

|1610|8714

|1653|11983

|1659|13825

|1672|54110

|1788|71570

|1813|85000

|1821|99065

|1831|108424

|1841|114488

|1851|95723

|1861|90946

|1871|83614

|1881|75804

|1891|70206

|1901|63566

|1911|66627

|1926|58028

|1936|57892

|1946|64849

|1951|66437

|1956|65915

|1961|64420

|1966|66404

|1971|71977

|1979|97185

|1981|104122

|1986|116247

|1991|122656

|1996|134992

|2002|163944

|2006|186335

|2011|210312

|2016|222504

|2022|246977

| footnote={{cite web |url=http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=CTY31&Geog_Code=2AE1962914A713A3E055000000000001 |title=Census 2016 Sapmap Area: County Kildare |publisher=Central Statistics Office (Ireland) |access-date=12 January 2019 |archive-date=12 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112150121/http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=CTY31&Geog_Code=2AE1962914A713A3E055000000000001 |url-status=live}}http://www.cso.ie/census {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920090814/http://cso.ie/census |date=20 September 2010 }} 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

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The county has three major rivers running through it: the Barrow, the Liffey and the Boyne. The Grand Canal crosses the county from Lyons on the east to Rathangan and Monasterevin on the west. A southern branch joins the Barrow navigation at Athy. The Royal Canal stretches across the north of the county along the border with Meath. Pollardstown Fen is the largest remaining calcareous 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.

The Bog of Allen is a large bog measuring {{cvt|958|km2}} that extends across County Kildare, County Meath, County Offaly, County Laois, and County Westmeath. Kildare has {{cvt|243|km2}} of bog (almost 14% of Kildare's land area) mostly located in the south-west and north-west, a majority of this being Raised Bog. It is a habitat for over 185 plant and animal species.

There are {{convert|8472|ha|acre|abbr=off}} of forested land in Kildare, accounting for roughly 5% of the county's total land area. {{convert|4056|ha|acre|abbr=off}} of this is coniferous, while there is {{convert|2963|ha|acre|abbr=off}} of broadleaf and the remaining area are unclassified species. Coillte and Dúchas currently own 47% of the forestry. Coillte runs Donadea Forest Park which is in North-Central Kildare. The forest covers {{convert|259|ha|acre|abbr=off}} of mixed woodland (60% broadleaf, 40% conifer) and is the largest forest park in Kildare.

{{main|History of County Kildare}}

Kildare was shired in 1297{{cite book |last=Otway-Ruthven |first=Annette Jocelyn |title=A history of medieval Ireland |publisher=Routledge |year=1980 |page=174 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K_4NAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA174 |isbn=0-510-27800-0 |access-date=16 October 2015 |archive-date=3 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603062133/https://books.google.com/books?id=K_4NAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA174 |url-status=live}} and assumed its present borders in 1832, following amendments to remove a number of enclaves and exclaves.

The county was the home of the powerful Fitzgerald family. Parts of the county were also part of the Pale area around Dublin.

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Kildare County Council is the local authority for the county. The council has 40 members, elected in the local electoral areas of: Athy (5 seats), Celbridge (4 seats), Leixlip (3 seats), Clane (5 seats), Maynooth (5 Seats), Kildare (5 seats), Newbridge (6 Seats) and Naas (7 Seats). These form the municipal districts of Athy, Celbridge–Leixlip, Clane–Maynooth, Kildare–Newbridge, and Naas.{{cite Irish legislation |name=County of Kildare Local Electoral Areas and Municipal Districts Order 2018 |year=2018 |type=si |number=620 |date=19 December 2018}} The current council was elected in May 2019.

Kildare County Council nominates three councillors to the Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly, who are part of the Mid-East strategic planning area committee.{{Cite Irish legislation |year=2014 |type=si |number=573 |name=Local Government Act 1991 (Regional Assemblies) (Establishment) Order 2014 |date=16 December 2014 |access-date=29 January 2022}}

Kildare was formerly divided into the rural districts of Athy No. 1, Celbridge No. 1, Edenderry No. 2, and Naas No. 1, and the urban districts of Athy and Naas.{{cite web |title=1926 Census: Table 9: Population, Area and Valuation of urban and rural districts and of all towns with a population of 1,500 inhabitants or over, showing particulars of town and village population and of the number of persons per 100 acres |url=https://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/census/census1926results/volume1/C_1926_V1_T9.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427074421/http://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/census/census1926results/volume1/C_1926_V1_T9.pdf |archive-date=27 April 2016 |url-status=live |publisher=Central Statistics Office |pages=21 |access-date=7 August 2022}} The rural districts were abolished in 1925.{{cite Irish legislation |year=1925 |parl=ifs |number=5 |name=Local Government Act 1925 |date=26 March 1925 |section=3 |stitle=Abolition of rural district councils |access-date=22 December 2021}} Newbridge or Droichead Nua, within the former rural district of Naas No. 1, had town commissioners, and Leixlip was given that status too in 1988.{{cite Irish legislation |type=si |year=1988 |number=103 |name=Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act 1854 (Leixlip) Order 1988 |date=18 May 1988}} The urban districts of Athy and Naas and the town commissioners of Newbridge and Leixlip became town councils in 2002.{{cite Irish legislation |name=Local Government Act 2001 |year=2001 |schedno=6 |stitle=Local Government Areas (Towns) |number=37 |date=21 July 2001 |access-date=7 August 2022}} All town councils in Ireland were abolished in 2014.{{cite Irish legislation |name=Local Government Reform Act 2014 |year=2014 |section=24 |stitle=Dissolution of town councils and transfer date |number=1 |date=27 January 2014 |access-date=21 May 2022}}

For elections to Dáil Éireann, there are two constituencies in the county: Kildare North (4 seats) and Kildare South (4 seats).{{cite Irish legislation |year=2017 |number=39 |schedule=y |name=Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017 |date=23 December 2017 |access-date=8 August 2021}} At the 2020 Irish general election, 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).

For elections to the European Parliament, it is part of the Midlands–North-West constituency (4 MEPs).

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 County Dublin in 2003. East Kildare's population has increased rapidly, for example, the amount of housing in the Naas suburb of Sallins has increased sixfold since the mid-1990s.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}

{{As of|2022}} 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.

County Kildare hospitals include Naas General Hospital and Clane General Hospital.

County Kildare houses the hub of Ireland's network of major roads.

The N4 (M4) from Dublin to Sligo travels along the north of the county by-passing the towns of Leixlip, Maynooth and Kilcock.

The M7 from Dublin to Limerick runs through the county and bypasses the towns of Naas, Newbridge, Kildare and Monasterevin. This road is colloquially referred to as the "Naas Dual carriageway" because when it was originally up-graded in 1964 the road from Dublin to Naas was a double-lane carriageway, one of the first of its kind in Ireland.

The M9 is another motorway that commences at Kilcullen and ends at Waterford. It is motorway standard for its entire length.

The county is also served by the trains connecting with Dublin, southern Leinster, Munster and Connacht, with daily connections to Cork, Waterford, Limerick, and Galway. The principal Irish Rail InterCity train station in the county is Kildare, however, Newbridge, Sallins and Hazelhatch are also served by South Western Commuter services, while Maynooth, in northern County Kildare, is served by Western Commuter and Sligo InterCity services.

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Kildare is the centre of Ireland's Grand Canal network built in the late 18th century. This connects Kildare with Waterford, Dublin, Limerick and Athlone. The Royal Canal runs west from Dublin and parts of it form the boundary with County Meath.

There are 4,491 Irish speakers in County Kildare; 2,451 attending the seven Gaelscoils (Irish language primary schools) and one Gaelcholáiste (Irish language secondary school).{{cite web |url=http://www.gaelscoileanna.ie/assets/Staitistic%C3%AD-2010-2011_Gaeilge.pdf |title=Oideachas Trí Mheán na Gaeilge in Éirinn sa Ghalltacht 2010–2011 |year=2011 |publisher=gaelscoileanna.ie |language=Irish |access-date=9 January 2012 |archive-date=19 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419091247/http://www.gaelscoileanna.ie/assets/Staitistic%C3%AD-2010-2011_Gaeilge.pdf |url-status=live}} According to the Irish Census 2006, 2,040 people in the county identify themselves as being daily Irish speakers outside the education system.

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• Two third-level educational institutions – St. Patrick's College founded by King George III in 1795 to educate Ireland's Catholics and Maynooth University founded in 1997 – are located in Maynooth. 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.
• Clongowes Wood College is a private secondary boarding school for boys, located near Clane. Founded by the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits) in 1814, it is one of Ireland's oldest Catholic schools.
• Newbridge College is a co-educational fee-paying secondary school. The Dominican Order founded Newbridge College in 1852 as a boarding school for boys.
• Leinster Senior College is a small private fee-paying secondary school geared solely towards the Leaving Certificate.
• The town of Clane is home to another educational institute, Clane College, a provider of further education to the wider Kildare community.
• Naas C.B.S., Saint Mary's College Naas and Piper's Hill College are the three main secondary schools in Naas.

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The nickname for the Kildare GAA team is the Lilywhites, 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.

In 1928, Kildare became the first team to win the Sam Maguire trophy for the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, 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.

County Kildare is also known as the Shortgrass County which is a reference to how short the grass is on the commons of the Curragh.

The Michael Smurfit owned K Club, situated on the River Liffey near Straffan played host to the 2006 Ryder Cup.

Carton House Golf Club is located in Maynooth. The Golfing Union of Ireland, the longest established golf union in the world, have their national headquarters on the estate. This facility also comprises the GUI National Academy, an {{convert|22|acre|ha acre m2|order=out|abbr=off|adj=mid}} teaching facility for up-and-coming golfers, as well as being a facility available to all golfers in Ireland.

Other prominent courses are located at Knockanally and Clane.

Kildare is famous worldwide for its horse racing.{{cite web |url=http://newswoman.de/clips/kildare.html |title=Passion for Horses, The New York Times |publisher=Newswoman.de |date=16 April 1995 |access-date=27 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119221949/http://newswoman.de/clips/kildare.html |archive-date=19 January 2012 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.kildarehorse.ie/ |title=Kildarehorse |website=Kildarehorse.ie |access-date=25 June 2009 |archive-date=7 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091107025941/http://www.kildarehorse.ie/ |url-status=live}} The Curragh horse-racing course is the home to all five Irish Classic Flat races. Also located in County Kildare are two other courses, Punchestown Racecourse, home of the National Hunt Festival of Ireland, and Naas Racecourse, 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.

The county is famous for the quality of horses bred in the many stud farms to which it is home, including the Irish National Stud and many other top studs such as Gilltown, Moyglare and Kildangan Stud, and race horse training establishments, such as the Osborne Stables.

Kildare is the home to Mondello Park, Ireland's only international motorsport venue. Established by Martin Birrane in 1968 on {{convert|110|acre|ha|abbr=off|order=flip}}, and redeveloped in 1999/2000, the facility incorporates {{cvt|3.5|km}} of race track, 24 race garages and 12 Hospitality Suites. The Circuit also has {{cvt|3|km}} of extreme off-road driving trails and a {{convert|5|acre|ha|0|abbr=off|adj=mid|order=flip}} off-road activities centre and the Museum of Motorsport. Mondello Park was awarded the FIA 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.

Kildare County F.C. was a League of Ireland club from 2002 until 2009, based in Newbridge, where Leinster Senior League side Newbridge Town F.C. was invited to join the league in 2002, however, a broader Kildare-based franchise was created instead, playing out of Station Road, Newbridge.

{{See also|List of National Monuments in County Kildare}}

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• Castledermot Abbey
• Castledermot Round Tower
• Castletown House
• Curragh
• Maynooth Castle
• The Wonderful Barn{{Div col end}}

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{{See also|Category:People from County Kildare}}

• Arthur Guinness: Politician and brewer, founder of Guinness{{Cite web |title=The Arthur Guinness Story {{!}} Discover Celbridge |url=https://www.discovercelbridge.com/the-arthur-guinnesss-story/ |url-status=live |access-date=12 February 2023 |website=Discover Celbridge |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201225729/https://www.discovercelbridge.com/the-arthur-guinnesss-story/ |archive-date=1 December 2022}}
• George Barrington: pickpocket, socialite{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |id2=barrington-george-1746 |title=George Barrington (1755–1804) |access-date=23 August 2007 |volume=1 |year=1966 |archive-date=24 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324022848/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/barrington-george-1746 |url-status=live}}
• Aisling Bea: Comedian
• Eamon Broy: Policeman
• Domhnall Ua Buachalla: Governor-General of the Irish Free State
• Ambrose Bury: Canadian politician
• Paul Cullen (bishop): Archbishop of Dublin and Archbishop of Armagh{{Cite book |chapter-url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cullen-paul-3298/text5015, |title=John N. Molony, 'Cullen, Paul (1803–1878)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, published in hardcopy 1969, accessed online 7 November 2014 |chapter=Paul Cullen (1803–1878) |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |access-date=8 October 2021 |archive-date=22 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922151854/https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cullen-paul-3298/text5015 |url-status=live}}
• John Devoy: Fenian
• Charles FitzClarence: soldier
• Lord Edward FitzGerald: revolutionary
• Michael Gorman: American politician{{cite book |title=Commemorative Biographical Record of the Upper Wisconsin Counties of Waupaca, Portage, Wood, Marathon, Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas, Langlade and Shawano |url=https://archive.org/details/commemorativebio00jbeer |quote=Michael Gorman+Wisconsin. |location=Chicago |publisher=J. H. Beers & Co. |year=1895 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/commemorativebio00jbeer/page/761 761]–762 |access-date=18 August 2015}}
• Gabriel Hayes: sculptor and coin designer
• John Vincent Holland: soldier{{cite web |title=John Vincent Holland V.C. |url=http://www.hellfirecorner.co.uk/holland.htm |access-date=5 July 2016 |archive-date=23 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323192336/http://www.hellfirecorner.co.uk/holland.htm |url-status=live}}
• Michael Kelly Lawler: soldier
• Kathleen Lonsdale: scientist
• John de Robeck: admiral{{cite web |url=http://www.turtlebunbury.com/history/history_family/hist_family_derobeck.htm |title=The de Robecks of Gowran Grange, Co. Kildare |publisher=Turtle Bunbury |access-date=19 October 2014 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203349/http://www.turtlebunbury.com/history/history_family/hist_family_derobeck.htm |url-status=live}}
• Ernest Shackleton: explorer
• Barry St. Leger: soldier{{cite book |title=America's military adversaries: from colonial times to the present |first=John C |last=Fredriksen |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2001 |isbn=978-1-57607-603-3 |ref=Fredriksen |page=483}}

• Larry Tompkins: Eadestown GAA
• Leighton Aspell: twice Grand National-winning jockey
• Nonpareil Dempsey: boxer
• Matt Goff: Gaelic footballer
• Willoughby Hamilton: tennis player
• Jimmy O'Brien: plays for the Ireland national rugby sevens team
• Ruby Walsh : National Hunt Jockey
• Nathan Collins : Brentford F.C. and Republic of Ireland national football team.
• Mark Travers : Stoke City F.C. and Republic of Ireland national football team
• Andrew Omobamidele : Nottingham Forest F.C. and Republic of Ireland national football team
• Conn McDunphy : Professional Cyclist, 2020 Cycling Ireland National Time Trial Champion.
• Hayley Nolan: Crystal Palace F.C. (Women) and Republic of Ireland women's national football team

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• Devon Murray: actor
• Damien Molony: actor{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/damien-molony-from-kildare-to-the-top-of-british-tv-1.3985174 |title=Damien Molony From Kildare To Top Of British TV |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=17 August 2019 |first=Shilpa |last=Ganatra |url-access=subscription |access-date=8 October 2021 |archive-date=25 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925211807/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/damien-molony-from-kildare-to-the-top-of-british-tv-1.3985174 |url-status=live}}
• Aisling Bea: actress, comedian{{cite news |title=10 awesome Kildare women making waves in the world |url=https://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/home/238872/10-awesome-kildare-women-making-waves-in-the-world.html |access-date=4 May 2019 |first=Laura |last=Coates |newspaper=Leinster Leader |date=8 March 2017 |archive-date=10 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410144431/https://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/home/238872/10-awesome-kildare-women-making-waves-in-the-world.html |url-status=live}}
• Aidan Higgins: writer
• Teresa Brayton: writer
• Molly Keane: novelist
• Emily Lawless: writer
• Mary Leadbeater: writer
• John MacKenna: playwright, author, actor
• Paul Mescal: actor{{Cite web |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/readers-expectations-are-the-biggest-source-of-anxiety-paul-mescal-on-tackling-role-of-connell-in-normal-people-38844346.html |title=Readers' expectations are the 'biggest source of anxiety' – Paul Mescal on tackling role of Connell in Normal People |work=Irish Independent |first=Maggie |last=Armstrong |url-access=registration |date=11 January 2020 |access-date=13 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531152244/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/readers-expectations-are-the-biggest-source-of-anxiety-paul-mescal-on-tackling-role-of-connell-in-normal-people-38844346.html |archive-date=31 May 2020 |url-status=live}}
• Bell X1 are from Celbridge, County Kildare.
• Luka Bloom is from Newbridge{{cite web |last=Deming |first=Mark |title=Luka Bloom |publisher=AllMusic |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/luka-bloom-mn0000263293/biography |access-date=25 February 2015 |archive-date=9 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009020647/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/luka-bloom-mn0000263293/biography |url-status=live}}
• Joseph Doyle, bassist from Irish band The Frames is from Allenwood
• Graham Hopkins, drummer with The Frames, The Swell Season, and Therapy? is from Clane
• Damien Leith, Australian Idol 2006 winner and singer-songwriter lived in Milltown until he moved to Australia.
• Jack Lukeman, otherwise known as Jack L, is from Athy
• Dónal Lunny was raised in Newbridge.{{cite book |last=O'Toole |first=Leagues |year=2006 |title=The Humours of Planxty |location=Ireland |publisher=Hodder Headline |isbn=0-340-83796-9}}{{rp|4}}
• Miracle Bell, Indie-pop band, hail from Naas.
• Christy Moore, folk musician, was born in Newbridge.
• Liam O'Flynn from the band Planxty is from Kill{{cite book |title=The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music |editor=Colin Larkin |publisher=Guinness Publishing |date=1992 |edition=First |isbn=0-85112-939-0 |page=1854}}
• Jean Sophia Pigott, Christian poet and hymn lyricist from Leixlip{{Cite web |title=Jean Sophia Pigott {{!}} Hymnary.org |url=https://hymnary.org/person/Pigott_JS |access-date=11 May 2023 |website=hymnary.org |language=en |archive-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511153234/https://hymnary.org/person/Pigott_JS |url-status=live}}
• Damien Rice was born in Celbridge{{cite web |publisher=DamienRice.com |url=http://www.damienrice.com/faq.html |title=FAQ – Where was Damien born and where did he grow up? |date=n.d. |access-date=24 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070502083031/http://www.damienrice.com/faq.html |archive-date=2 May 2007}}
• Heidi Talbot is from Kill

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in the Republic of Ireland}}

County Kildare is twinned with the following places:

• Deauville, France{{cite web |url=http://www.kildaretwinning.ie/twinning/county-twinning-committee/ |title=County Twinning Committee |date=5 March 2019 |publisher=Kildare Twinning |access-date=8 October 2021 |archive-date=8 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008010721/http://www.kildaretwinning.ie/twinning/county-twinning-committee/ |url-status=live}}
• Lexington, Kentucky, US{{cite web |url=https://www.lexingtonky.gov/about-sister-cities-commission |title=About the Lexington Sister Cities Commission |publisher=Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government |access-date=14 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215022526/https://www.lexingtonky.gov/about-sister-cities-commission |archive-date=15 February 2017 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://dublin.usembassy.gov/sister_cities.html |title=Sister Cities – U.S. Embassy Dublin, Ireland |publisher=U.S. Department of State |access-date=14 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090802225732/http://dublin.usembassy.gov/sister_cities.html |archive-date=2 August 2009}}

Both are major centres of the Thoroughbred breeding industry in their respective countries.

• List of abbeys and priories in Ireland (County Kildare)
• Lord Lieutenant of Kildare
• High Sheriff of Kildare

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{{Wikivoyage}}

• [http://www.intokildare.ie/ Kildare Fáilte's Tourism Pages]
• [http://www.kildare.ie/ County Kildare Community Network]
• [http://www.kildarecoco.ie Kildare County Council]
• [http://www.gaelscoileanna.ie/assets/Staitistic%C3%AD-2010-2011_Gaeilge.pdf Kildare Gaelscoil stats 2010–2011]
• [http://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/census/census2006results/volume9/volume_9_irish_language_entire_volume.pdf Irish Census 2006]

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Kildare

Kildare

Kildare