Kilpedder
{{short description |Village in County Wicklow, Ireland}}
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{{Use Hiberno-English|date=December 2020}}
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|native_name = {{Irish place name|Cill Pheadair}}
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|subdivision_name1 = Leinster
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|subdivision_name3 = County Wicklow
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Kilpedder ({{irish place name|Cill Pheadair}}, meaning "Peter's church")[https://www.logainm.ie/55640.aspx Placenames Database of Ireland - Kilpedder] is a village in County Wicklow, Ireland, located off the N11 road between Kilmacanogue and Newtownmountkennedy, just south of the Glen of the Downs Nature Reserve. It had a population of 1,255 as of the 2016 census.
Kilpedder environs include Glenview Park, Kilpedder Grove, Johnstown, Tinnapark, Sunnybank and the Garden Village to the south. Kilpedder is home to two public houses and a petrol station. The army has a rifle range in the area.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
People
In the 20 years between the 1996 and 2016 census, the population of Kilpedder increased from 480 to 1,255 people.{{cite web|url = https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ireland/towns/wicklow/0584__kilpedder/ | website = City Population | title = Kilpedder (Ireland) Census Town | access-date = 3 April 2020 }}
Kilpedder is the birthplace of Reading F.C. defender Paul McShane.
Transport
Kilpedder is situated on the main Dublin to Wexford dual carriageway. The Kilpedder interchange, recently constructed,{{when|date=April 2020}} has improved access to Kilpedder and Greystones and cut journey times. A permanent pedestrian bridge linking Kilpedder and Kilquade has also been completed.
The village is served by the 184 Dublin Bus route, which operates every half an hour Monday to Saturday. Bus Éireann route 133 also serves Kilpedder, operating every half an hour on peak and every hour off-peak.
Church
Between the 1850s and the 1940s, Kilpedder was home to a Presbyterian church, however, nothing remains of this church today.{{cite web|url = https://newtownmountkennedy.net/churches/presbyterian/kilpedder/ | website = newtownmountkennedy.net | title = Kilpedder Presbyterian Church | access-date = 29 August 2020 }}
See also
References
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{{Commons category|Kilpedder}}
{{County Wicklow}}