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County Kildare

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County Kildare
Contae Chill Dara
Location
centerMap highlighting County Kildare
Statistics
Province: Leinster
County Town: Naas
Code: KE
Area: 1,693 km²
Population (2006) 186,075
Website: www.kildare.ie

County Kildare (Irish: Contae Chill Dara) is an Irish county located to the southwest of Dublin in the province of Leinster. The name comes from the Irish, meaning church (Cill) of the oaks (Dara).

Kildare is bordered by the counties of Carlow, Laois, Meath, Offaly, Dublin and Wicklow. Kildare is part of the "Greater Dublin Area", a regional area surrounding Dublin.

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[edit] Major towns

The town of Kildare is the oldest in the county and the most historic. Naas (Nás na Rí in Irish - meaning meeting place of kings) is the county town.

Newbridge (Droichead Nua) is Kildare's largest town and is situated in the centre of the county, near the Curragh plain. It is a thriving and rapidly growing town of over 20,000.

Maynooth (Maigh Nuad) is the historic educational centre of the county. It contains the National University of Ireland, Maynooth and St Patrick's College, Maynooth.

Leixlip (Léim an Bhradáin) town is the industrial centre of north Kildare, with large Intel and Hewlett-Packard facilities, while Kilcock (Cill Choca) is a town located 6 kilometres (4 miles) from Maynooth.

Celbridge (Cill Droichid) is the largest one street town in Ireland and nearby Straffan is the site of the K Club Golf Course which hosted golf's Ryder Cup 2006.

Monasterevin (Mainistir Éimhín) is the site of the 6th century Moore Abbey founded by St Evin.

East Kildare's population has increased rapidly, for example the amount of housing in the Naas suburb of Sallins has increased six-fold since the mid 1990s.

[edit] History

Kildare was shired in 1297 and assumed its present borders in 1832. Main article at History of County Kildare.

[edit] Transport and infrastructure

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, Celbridge, Maynooth and Kilcock.

The N7(M7) from Dublin to Limerick runs through the county and by-passes the towns of Naas, Newbridge, Kildare and Monasterevin. This road is commonly dubbed the "Naas Dual-carriageway" because when it was originally up-graded in the late 1960s, the road from Dublin to Naas was a double lane carriageway, one of the first of its kind in Ireland.

The N9(M9) is another national primary route that commences at Kilcullen and ending at Waterford. The first few miles of this are motorway which essentially by-passes Kilcullen. From there it is a single lane carriageway passing towns such as Timolin, Moone and Castledermot before leaving the County at the Carlow border.

The County is also served by the Dublin to Cork railway line. The principal Irish Rail intercity train station in the county is Kildare, however, Newbridge, Sallins and Hazelhatch are also served by a Dublin commuter train service called the Arrow.

[edit] Business

With some major motorways pointing towards Dublin, Kildare is currently (2006) the Irish and European base of electronics firms Intel and Hewlett Packard. Major pizza-making and supermarket-warehousing businesses are centred on Naas. The county's population has doubled to some 186,000 in 1990-2005. County Kildare is one of Ireland's wealthiest regions. The north eastern region had the highest average per-capita income in Ireland outside County Dublin in 2003.

[edit] Music

Australian Idol 2006 winner and famous Australian and Irish singer-songwriter Damien Leith was born in Dublin and lived in County Kildare until he moved to Australia. Damein Rice was also born and bred in Celbridge, Co. Kildare

[edit] Politics

Politically the county is divided into two Dáil constituencies, Kildare North (three seats, to be increased to four at the next election) and Kildare South (three seats). The current sitting TDs are; Bernard Durkan (FG), Emmet Stagg (Lab), Catherine Murphy (Ind), Sean O Fearghail (FF), Sean Power (FF) and Jack Wall (Lab). Nevertheless, the whole county is governed at local authority level by Kildare County Council.

[edit] Towns and villages in Kildare

[edit] Sport

The nickname for the Kildare GAA team is the Lilywhites, a reference to the all-white jerseys they wear. Kildare were the first team to win the Sam Maguire All Ireland football Championship in 1928 defeating Cavan 2-6 to 2-5. 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.

[edit] Horse racing

The Curragh horse-racing course the home to all five irish classics is also located in County Kildare along with two other courses Punchestown home of the National Hunt Festival of Ireland and Naas Racecourse. The county is known for the quality of horses bred in the many horse stud farms to which it is home to. Kildare is also home to the Irish National Stud and many other top farms such as Moyglare Stud and Kildagan Stud.

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