56-415: Sir Thomas Allen, 1st Baronet (c. 1566 – 7 March 1627) was the eldest son of John Alen (d. 29 September 1616) of St. Wolstan's, near Celbridge , County Kildare and Anne, daughter of Thomas Dillon of Riverstown, County Meath . He was the grandnephew of John Alan , Lord Chancellor of Ireland , who acquired St Wolstan's on the dissolution of the monasteries . He was created a baronet , of St Wolstan's in
112-583: A flourmill. After Richard Guinness married Elizabeth Read (1698–1742), of a brewing family from Bishopscourt and an aunt of Arthur Guinness , he took over the town brewery in 1722 and moved it from the site of the Village Inn to where the entrance forecourt of the Holy Faith convent is today There he placed his land steward Richard Guinness in charge of production of "a brew of a very palatable nature". In 1752, Dr Price's estate bequeathed £100 to Richard's son,
168-539: A learning disability. Celbridge also has one of the very few Primary Montessori Schools in Ireland, Weston Primary Montessori School, which was established in 2016 by the parents and teachers of the former Glebe School. This school provides Montessori education to children from 3–12 years and is located on the grounds of Barnhall Rugby Club. Celbridge's growth has created some traffic congestion, including at peak times. A 2008 report by Kildare County Council attributed some of
224-457: A malt house, was added after Baillie sold in 1749. Kildrought house became home to John Begnall's Academy after 1782. Among the attendees were the sons of Col George Napier , George , Charles , William and Henry , later to be collectively known as " Wellington 's Colonels, " and their younger brother Richard Napier , and John Jebb (1775–1833), later Church of Ireland bishop of Limerick , Ardfert , and Aghadoe . Jeremiah Haughton, owner of
280-595: A monastic site from the 5th century. Folklore and heroic literature associate the north bank of Celbridge with both Saint Patrick (hill and church of uncertain antiquity in Ardrass ) ( 53°19′33″N 6°34′40″W / 53.32595°N 6.57772°W / 53.32595; -6.57772 .) and Saint Mochua (c570), who was associated with a church in Tea Lane ( 53°20′20″N 6°32′49″W / 53.33892°N 6.54708°W / 53.33892; -6.54708 .), and
336-663: A night time service (C6). Local services are also provided by Dublin Bus, as the L58 and L59, while Go-Ahead Ireland operate the W61. These routes link the town to the city centre, as well as to the nearby towns of Lucan , Maynooth and Leixlip . The Town is also served by Bus Éireann route 120 and 120B. Iarnród Éireann runs commuter rail services to a station in Hazelhatch, about 3 km (2 mi) from Celbridge. The L58, L59 and W61 bus services link
392-472: A parson, Waleys) to the east, Adherrig or Aderrig further to the east (Athdearg or Red Ford, church first mentioned 1220) ( 53°20′27″N 6°29′17″W / 53.34084°N 6.48816°W / 53.34084; -6.48816 .), Kilmacreddock ( 53°21′55″N 6°31′38″W / 53.36520°N 6.52734°W / 53.36520; -6.52734 .) to the north east, the tiny parish of Donaghmore (plundered 1150, mentioned in letter 1190) further to
448-617: A weather vane on the junction of Main Street and the Maynooth Road (1750). It was home to seven generations of Mulligans until 1992. One of the Mulligans had the decorative iron arch to the entrance gate constructed from material salvaged from the GPO Dublin after the 1916 Rising. The Castletown Inn stands where Isaac Annesley, the early 18th-century master stonemason, lived. One of the oldest houses in
504-601: A well on the site of the current mill where pagan converts were baptised. The original Kildrought parish church (built 14th century, burned 1798) stood in the present graveyard at Tea Lane and houses the mausoleums of the Dongan and Conolly families. It was granted by the Normans to the Abbey of St Thomas in Dublin. Donaghcumper Church (c1150) had windows of cut stone inserted into the building in
560-480: Is Paul R Carley, who founded the church. Pastor Carley has ministered in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Belarus and Kenya. Celbridge has six primary schools: Primrose Hill (co-ed, COI), St Brigid's (girls, RC), Aghards also known as Scoil Mochua (mixed, RC), Scoil na Mainistreach (mixed, RC), North Kildare Educate Together National School (mixed, multi-denominational), and St Patrick's currently located in
616-695: Is a town and townland on the River Liffey in County Kildare , Ireland . It is 23 km (14 mi) west of Dublin . Both a local centre and a commuter town within the Greater Dublin Area , it is located at the intersection of the R403 and R405 regional roads . As of the 2022 census , Celbridge was the third largest town in County Kildare by population, with 20,601 residents. The town originated in
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#1732876141825672-426: Is all that remains of the original church. It is named for Redoc, who had a son who established a religious foundation southwest of the present town of Leixlip. Bellingham family members were buried in a vault in the floor of the building, but their remains were removed in the mid-20th century. The town of Kildrought or Kildroighid developed around the castle, monastery and mill of Kildrought which Thomas de Hereford ,
728-576: Is located on one of the most important InterCity lines in the country, with services to Cork, Limerick and Galway, however, these do not stop at Hazelhatch station. Celbridge GAA park and centre on the Hazelhatch Road was opened in 1996, ending 52 years without a home, the club having lost its field in Ballymakeally after a court case in 1944. Celbridge GAA club is the third oldest club in County Kildare, formed on 15 August 1885, eight months after
784-577: The Jacobite alliance, and enforced the Treaty of Limerick in 1691. He moved to Kildrought Manor in 1695. When William "Speaker" Conolly purchased the rundown Castletown Estate in 1709 from Thomas Dongan , the restored Earl of Limerick and later Governor of New York , he complained that "all the Earl's tenants were beggars". Conolly built his new mansion at Castletown, cleared the existing tenantry and began to develop
840-597: The hurling revival of the 1880s. No. 22 Main Street, the original home of Conolly's second agent George Finey was occupied by Richard Guinness for a time and his sons Arthur , founder of the Guinness brewery, and Samuel. Richard married Elizabeth Clare , proprietor of the White Hart Inn, a public house at the site of the current Londis supermarket. Finey's successor as Conolly's agent, Dublin cabinetmaker Charles Davis, built Jessamine Lodge, an impressive fivebay house with
896-516: The 13th century, the name Cill Droichid being anglicised to Celbridge after 1714. The name Celbridge is derived from the Irish Cill Droichid meaning "Church of bridge" or "Church by the bridge". The Irish name was historically anglicised as Kildroicht , Kildrought , Kildroght , Kildrout ( / k ɪ l ˈ d r aʊ t / ). Celbridge is the third largest town in County Kildare. The population increased by 7.8% between 2002 and 2006,
952-880: The 14th century. Its ruins are extant in the main graveyard in Celbridge, and members of the Alan family are buried in the church vault. The old parish of Donaghcumper consisted of the modern townlands of Parsonstown, Rinnawad, Ballyoulster, Commons, Coneyboro, Coolfitch, Donaghcumper, Elm Hall, Loughlinstown, Newtown, Reeves, Simmonstown, Straleek and St. Wolstans. Pre Norman churches served the adjoining parishes in Donaghcumper ( 53°20′20″N 6°31′37″W / 53.33902°N 6.52699°W / 53.33902; -6.52699 .) and Stacumny ( 53°20′04″N 6°30′05″W / 53.33448°N 6.50152°W / 53.33448; -6.50152 .) (mentioned 1176, burned 1297, held in 1308 by
1008-469: The 16,980 who were recorded by the census as "usually resident in Celbridge" had been born in County Kildare. 10,071 (59.3pc) had been born elsewhere in Ireland and 2,763 (16.3pc) were born outside Ireland. Celbridges's two main active parish churches are those of St. Patrick ( Catholic ) and Christ Church (Church of Ireland). St Patrick's forms part of the Catholic Parish of Celbridge and Straffan within
1064-726: The 27-year-old Arthur Guinness to help him expand the brewery, first in 1755 on a new site in Leixlip and from 1759 in St James's Gate in Dublin . Some of the blocked up doors from the original PriceGuinness brewery can still be seen on the perimeter walls of the Catholic Church forecourt. St. Wolstan%27s Community School St. Wolstan's Community School is an all-female community school in Celbridge , County Kildare , Ireland . It's under
1120-527: The Archdiocese of Dublin. Christ Church is the Anglican Parish Church for Celbridge and forms part of the grouped Parish of Celbridge, Straffan and Newcastle-Lyons in the Archdiocese of Dublin and Diocese of Glendalough. The Bridge Church is a non-denominational independent church formed in 2005. The congregation is made of more than 200 adults and children drawn from many nations. Its current pastor
1176-687: The County of Kildare , in the Baronetage of Ireland on 7 June 1622, for the services rendered by his long-dead great-uncle, Archbishop John Alen , and also a payment to the Crown (baronetcies were largely a money-making device). He was invested as a Knight on 8 June 1622. He married, firstly, He married, secondly, He died on 7 March 1626/27, without issue, and was buried in the family vault in Donaghcumper Church , Celbridge. His will (dated 1 March 1626)
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#17328761418251232-701: The GAA grounds on the Newcastle road (mixed, RC); and three secondary schools: Celbridge Community School (a coeducational school, operating under the auspices of the Kildare/Wicklow Education & Training Board and Educate Together. ), St. Wolstan's Community School for girls (the only all-female community school in Ireland), and Salesian College Celbridge for boys. There is also a residential special school, Saint Raphael's, (co-educational, Catholic) for children with
1288-727: The GAA was founded in Thurles . In 1890 there were two clubs in the parish: Celbridge Shamrocks, based in Kilwogan with 64 members, and the Irish Harpers at Hazelhatch, with 70 members. Celbridge play at senior level in both codes. They won their first Kildare Senior Football Championship in 2008. Celbridge GAA had won its first Kildare Senior Hurling Championship in 1921. Success in the top hurling competition in Kildare would not arrive until 2005 when Celbridge, managed by Jimmy Doyle, beat Coill Dubh in
1344-417: The Holy Faith convent (1877) and Christ Church (Church of Ireland, 1884) which retains the tower of an earlier church (1813). Castletown gates at the end of the street were built in 1783 after a design inspired by Batty Langley . According to research by local historian Lena Boylan, the work was by a stonemason named Coates and a blacksmith named Behan. The oldest mill in the area is Temple Mills, operated by
1400-557: The Mill lived there after 1818. For a time in the early 19th century, Kildrought House had a cholera hospital attached to it and served as the local police barracks from 1831 to 1841 when the barrack moved to the site of the current Michaelangelo's restaurant. After 1861 it was leased by Richard Maunsell of Oakley Park. Next door is the courthouse where the local petty sessions took place every fourth week. It later became home of Lloyd Christian , athletics pioneer and colleague of Michael Cusack in
1456-458: The Norman Lord of Kildrought erected early in the 13th century. The one long street running between the de Hereford Castle and lands of Castletown, and the mill, had taken shape by 1314 when Henry le Waleys was charged at a Naas court of "breaking the doors" of houses in the town of Kildrought and by night "taking geese, hens, beer and other victuals" against the will of the people of the town. By
1512-623: The Towns Cup in 1928/29. Celbridge players compete in the All Ireland League with MU Barnhall . Celbridge Paddlers canoeclub is a multidiscipline kayaking club, which was formed in 1984 and is affiliated to the Irish Canoe Union . The annual Liffey Descent Canoe Race passes through Celbridge, where competitors have to navigate the Vanessa weir and Castletown rapids. Celbridge Tennis Club
1568-593: The Tyrrell family for 300 years, 2 km outside the town on the Ardclough Road( 53°20′01″N 6°32′41″W / 53.33351°N 6.54473°W / 53.33351; -6.54473 .). Joseph Shaw's flax and flour mills was a major employer in the town until its closure after the death of William Shaw. The now disappeared "town" of Templeplace is recording as having a population of 279 in 1841, 310 in 1851, 382 in 1861, 402 in 1871 and was, after 1881, included in
1624-469: The bridge. Developers began to survey e green field sites to the north east of the bridge in the direction of Castletown House. The result was to move the axis of Celbridge away from the bridge, corn and tuck mill and road to St Mochua's church to a new Main Street. The old Irish name Cill Droichid (Kildrought), meaning the church of the bridge, was anglicised first to Cellbridge and then, after 1724, to Celbridge. Swift in his letters to Vanessa always named
1680-536: The corner of the Main Street and Liffey Bridge, Broe's house and shop (1773) is now the Bank of Ireland. Matthew Gogarty came from Clondalkin in 1818 and established his shop on the other side of the street. James Carberry's Brewery (1709) later became Coyles and eventually Norris's and the Village Inn. Roseville was built in 1796. Other notable buildings on Main Street include the Catholic Church (1857 JJ McCarthy Architect),
1736-453: The description "biggest wool manufactory in Ireland" was repeated in the 1845 Parliamentary Gazeteer. It employed 600 people at full capacity, some of them children who were eight and nine years of age. Workers from Yorkshire who came to work in the mill lived in Tea Lane (so called because of the amount of discarded tea leaves on the street) and English Row. The closure of the mills in 1879 caused
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1792-423: The earthen mound that still stands by the gate leading into the grounds surrounding Killadoon House. On the left-hand side of the avenue, as you enter through the gate, there is an overgrown churchyard with some headstones. Killadoon parish embraced the present townlands of Ardrass, Ballymakeally, Crippaun, Killadoon, Killenlea and Posseckstown. Kilmacredock is the smallest of the medieval parishes. A roofless ruin
1848-523: The final. Following a number of semi-final defeats, a "three in a row" of hurling titles came in 2009, 2010 and 2011. After defeat in the 2012 decider to Confey, Celbridge reclaimed the title in 2013. The club has won the Kildare Senior Camogie Championship in 2005, 2006 and 2010, and won the U21 football county championship in 2012 and 2014. The town has two clubs. Celbridge Town AFC, which
1904-669: The issues to the single bridge over the Liffey in the town, and issues with illegal parking and parking enforcement. The Celbridge Interchange (Junction 6 of the M4 ) which connects the town to the motorway as well as the Intel and Hewlett-Packard plants in Leixlip, was opened in 2003 to help address related traffic issues, with some success. The town is served by Dublin Bus along the C4, X27 and X28 routes along with
1960-487: The marathon at the 2012 London Summer Olympics. George Magan was Irish cross country champion in 1920 and 1922, Irish Mile champion in 1919, 1921 and 1922, Irish 880 yards champion in 1918, 1919 and 1921, and Irish four-mile (6 km) champion in 1921. Jack Guiney was Irish champion in the triple jump and shot in 1937. Celbridge Athletic Club is active locally, and has over 500 participants across all ages. Celbridge Rugby Club, founded by Fr Joseph Furlong, competed in
2016-631: The nearby high ground sloping down to the Liffey . Research has linked Celbridge with the Slí Mór possibly crossing the Liffey at a ford located below the site of the mill directly east of the bridge rather than at Castletown House , as previously thought. The etymology of Donaghcumper Church (church of the confluence, "Domhnach" is one of the earliest Irish words for church) ( 53°20′20″N 6°31′37″W / 53.33902°N 6.52699°W / 53.33902; -6.52699 .) suggests it may have existed as
2072-430: The north ( 53°22′37″N 6°33′15″W / 53.37695°N 6.55422°W / 53.37695; -6.55422 .), Laraghbryan (plundered 1036 and 1171) ( 53°22′55″N 6°36′49″W / 53.38181°N 6.61351°W / 53.38181; -6.61351 .) to the north west, and Killadoon ( 53°19′39″N 6°33′24″W / 53.32752°N 6.55663°W / 53.32752; -6.55663 .) to
2128-536: The old Celbridge Market House. It was purchased by Jeremiah and Thomas Houghton after Atkinson's bankruptcy in 1815. When the Houghton partnership became bankrupt in 1818 Jeremiah took charge of the operation. Houghton told a parliamentary committee that this mill was the biggest wool manufactory in Ireland. the mill was described as employing several hundred people when King George IV visited Celbridge in August 1821 and
2184-469: The place "Kildrought", but she replied from "Celbridge". Celbridge's 18th-century bridge had to be rebuilt after it was destroyed in a flood in December 1802. The development of the Main Street commenced with the building of Kildrought House by Joseph Rotheny in 1720 for Robert Baillie, a Dublin upholsterer who was William Conolly's greatest prospect as an improving tenant. A large extension, which included
2240-603: The population of Celbridge to plunge from a 19th-century peak of 1,674 in 1861 (1,391 in 1871) to 988 in 1881 and a low of 811 in 1891 Under the Irish Government regeneration scheme of the 1930s, the Leinster Hand Weaving Company acquired the premises for conversion into a weaving mill. Celbridge woollen mill was operated by Youghal carpets (acquired 1966, workforce extended from 120 jobs in October 1969. ). It
2296-400: The south. The modern Catholic parish of Celbridge and Straffan comprises the medieval parishes of Kildrought and Straffan , as well as the former parishes of Stacumny , Donaghcumper , Killadoon , Castledillon and Kilmacredock . The parish of Stacumny (Teach Cumni) originally included the townlands of Ballymadeer, Balscott and Stacumny. Killadoon from Cill an Dún may get its name from
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2352-400: The station with the rest of Celbridge, Leixlip, and Maynooth, providing connections to other bus and rail routes. Commuter suburban rail services from Kildare to Dublin city centre serve Hazelhatch, although these are quite limited on Sundays. The service brings passengers to Heuston station or to Grand Canal Dock (via Connolly Station, Tara Street and Pearse Street stations). The station
2408-654: The time of the Down Survey (1654–1656) the population was 102 and the Dongan family were in possession of all the land in Celbridge. Killadoon House was the home of John Dongan's brother in law Richard Talbot Earl of Tyrconnell. Dongan died at the Battle of the Boyne and is buried in Tea Lane cemetery. Talbot died immediately before the Siege of Limerick. His widow remained in Killadoon, outliving
2464-542: The town was not granted a town council. This meant that Kildare County Council had full control over zoning land in the area, leading to some local discontent. The point is now moot, as town councils have been abolished in Ireland. There is evidence of 5,000 years of habitation, as evidenced by beads and quern stones in the National Museum from Griffinrath ( 53°20′56″N 6°34′26″W / 53.34891°N 6.57386°W / 53.34891; -6.57386 ), and
2520-668: The town's most rapid growth rate in absolute terms (3,011 in four years). However, in percentage terms, it was a slowdown on previous growth rates which were at one stage the highest in Ireland. Celbridge's growth slowed down to 1.5% between 2016 and 2022, reaching a population of 20,601 as of the census of 2022. Of the 2006 population of 17,262. 8,732 were male and 8,530 female, 4,307 (25pc) were aged 0–14, 2,678 (15.5pc) were aged 15–24, 6,219 (35pc) were aged 35–44, 3,400 (19.7pc) were aged 45–64 and 658 (3.6pc) were aged 65 years and over. Of these 9,586 were single, 6,602 were married, 715 were widowed and 359 were separated. Only 4,146 (24.4pc) of
2576-431: The town. Improvers and speculative developers followed Conolly to Celbridge. The new leases were granted on condition that the builders erect substantial stone houses with gable ends and two chimneys, replacing mud cabins and waste ground. Existing mercantile buildings such as the 17th-century Market House , where the town's first school was based in 1709, were incorporated into the expanding mill complex of buildings near
2632-401: The town. No 59 next door, was renovated in the latter half of the 18th century for Thomas Conolly's huntsman. Christopher Barry's Auctioneers was built in 1840 by Richard Nelson and let to Chief Constable Marley, it replaced an old dwellinghouse with stables and offices where William Wadsworth, the original Irish Straw Manufacturer and exporter lived and operated at the end of the 19th century. On
2688-402: The townland of Newtown "on which it stood" as it "did not contain 20 inhabited houses." A footnote to the census returns comments "the decline in population is attributed to the discontinuance of the flax mill". The population of Newtown in 1891 was 128, down from 145. The Manor Mills (built by Louisa Conolly in 1785–1788, extended by Laurence Atkinson 1805, restored 1985) incorporate parts of
2744-542: The trusteeship of the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin , the Holy Faith Sisters and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board . It is the only all-girls community school in Ireland. St. Wolstan's Priory was founded between 1202 and 1205 by Adam de Hereford and named after Saint Wolstan (also spelled Wulfstan ; died 1095). The monastery was dissolved in 1536 and when the Holy Faith Sisters opened
2800-520: The two men who took over the town from her husband and John Dongan, Bartholmew Van Homrigh and William Conolly . The present day houses in Celbridge Main Street and town centre were built over a period of two hundred years. Celbridge Abbey was built in 1703 by a Dutch Williamite emigre, Bartholmew Van Homrigh . He was appointed Chief Commissioner for Stores in Ireland for the victorious allied forces of William III and Mary II who defeated
2856-618: The way to Ballymore Eustace . There are three separate Scouting Ireland Groups in operation in Celbridge. The Groups are 1st Kildare (2nd Celbridge), 3rd Kildare (1st Celbridge), and 19th Kildare. The Celbridge Amenity Group is also active locally. Celbridge is located within the Kildare North constituency, which elects 4 TDs to the Dáil . Despite its size (third largest in the county – and larger than other towns which had their own councils such as Leixlip and Athy ), and numerous proposals,
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#17328761418252912-625: Was a major employer until its closure in May 1982 with the loss of 220 jobs. This ended two centuries of intermittent wool production in the village. The mill now serves as a community centre. Its warehouses which bear a wallmount dating the Mill to 1785, and a stone commemorating the site of St Mochua's well. Mills at Coneyburrow (Newbridge, near St. Wolstan's) ( 53°20′52″N 6°30′45″W / 53.34768°N 6.51256°W / 53.34768; -6.51256 .) were granted to Robert Randall, Dublin paper maker, in 1729, and were later converted for use as
2968-679: Was formed in 1959 and plays its home games in St Patricks Park. Ballyoulster United FC, which was formed in 1968 and plays its home games at Louglinstown road. Both clubs compete in the Leinster Senior League. Celbridge Elm Hall Golf Club is a 9-hole parkland course located adjacent to Celbridge / Hazelhatch train station on the Loughlinstown Road. Celbridge's 18 hole championship pitch and putt course meets PPUI standards. Local resident Mark Kenneally represented Ireland in
3024-533: Was founded in 1923, and the club's premises on Hazelhatch Road were opened in the 1970s. Celbridge horse racecourse is mentioned in the Freeman's Journal of 27 September 1763 and 4 October 1763, but was not in use after the end of the 18th century. Locally trained horse Workman , trained by Jack Ruttle out of Hazelhatch Stud , was the winner of the Aintree Grand National in 1939. A point-to-point meeting
3080-416: Was held at nearby Windgaps 1912–1954. A cricket club was active from 1880 to 1902. Kildare County Polo Club had their grounds on Castletown Estate 1901–1906. Among those who played polo in Celbridge was Prince Heinrich , younger brother to Kaiser William II. There is salmon and sea trout angling locally, with trout found from Islandbridge upstream, with other trout fishing grounds above Leixlip and all
3136-626: Was probated on 18 April 1627. On his death, his baronetcy became extinct. His estates passed to the heirs of his brother Nicholas. [REDACTED] Ruins of Donaghcumper Church where Sir Thomas was buried in the Alen family vault He should not be confused with Sir Thomas Allen, 1st Baronet , of Totteridge , Middlesex . This biography of a baronet in the baronetage of Ireland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Celbridge Celbridge ( / ˈ s ɛ l b r ɪ dʒ / ; Irish : Cill Droichid [ˌciːl̠ʲ ˈd̪ˠɾˠeːdʲ] )
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