Kildare

More than 2,000 parcels touch this townland: too many to draw here.

• G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
  Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing Residential / Infill (Existing residential)
  Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare The zoning objective in the plan
• C1.1Commerical (Commercial, retail)
  Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community and Education (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare The zoning objective in the plan
• M3Neighbourhood Centre (District, neighbourhood centre)
  Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare The zoning objective in the plan
• C6Industry and Warehousing (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
  Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.2Transport and Utilities (Rail)
  Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare The zoning objective in the plan
• C5National Stud and Green Belt (Tourism and related)
  Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing Residential & Infill - Specific Objective (Existing residential)
  Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential [Low Density] (New/proposed residential)
  Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare The zoning objective in the plan
• N2.2Transport and Utilities (Wastewater)
  Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential - Phase 2 (New/proposed residential)
  Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare The zoning objective in the plan
• C1.1Retail / Commercial (Commercial, retail)
  Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare The zoning objective in the plan
• N3.2Transport and Utilities (Electricity)
  Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare The zoning objective in the plan
• C1.1Retail Outlet Centre (Commercial, retail)
  Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare The zoning objective in the plan
• P6Equine Industry (Other primary sector uses)
  Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare The zoning objective in the plan
• M1Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare The zoning objective in the plan
• O1Strategic Reserve (Strategic reserve, White land)
  Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 4 Aug 2026N/a

  the use of an existing detached structure as a standalone one-bedroom dwelling together with permission for associated site works including the provision of a defined curtilage, private open space, parking and boundary treatments at 1262 Campion Crescent, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare R51 XR20

  Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2660892

• 9 Jul 2026N/a

  of as constructed dwelling relating to previously granted planning permission Pl. Ref. 19/1293. Revised position of the single storey dwelling which differs in position and orientation as to that previously granted permission.Revised positioning and number of windows and doors to the dwelling. Addition of a canopy type structure decking area constructed to the southern elevation.Revisions to overall site layout including open space areas and car parking areas. Planning permission for removal of existing rear boundary fence and relocation.

  Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2660773

• 7 Jul 2026N/a

  construction of single storey extension to side of existing dwelling and minor alterations to existing floor layout and landscaping to accommodate proposed extension

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660762

• 19 Jun 2026Conditional

  2no. two storey detached houses, modified dual entrance, connection to mains sewer and all associated site development works on previously approved site Pl Ref No. 23/60472

  Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 2660673

• 11 Jun 2026Conditional

  the construction of single storey rear extension to a mid-terrace cottage to form a 3 bedroom dwelling, which will incorporate part of the existing rear attached garage (remaining existing garage to be demolished), associated alterations to all elevations, foul water to existing foul sewer, surface water to soakaways, and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660625

• 10 Jun 2026Refused

  (I) The provision of 46no. two storey dwellings which will comprise 46no. 3bed units. (II) The provision of 12no. duplex apartment units which will comprise 2no. 1bed units, 6no. 2bed units and 4no. 3bed units. The duplex apartment buildings range in height from part single storey, part two storey and part three storey in height. (III) The provision of a bin and bicycle storage building for duplex apartment units along with 2no. bin storage buildings. (IV) The provision of associated surface level car parking for residents and visitors. (V) The provision of associated internal roads and footpaths along with connections made to the wider Magee Quarter site as currently under construction. (VI) The provision of associated site services to include for foul, water and surface water infrastructure works. (VII) Provision of associated site landscaping works to include for provision of a Multi Use Games area, Public Open Space, Communal Space area along with street lighting. (VIII) Provision of associated boundary treatments to include for pedestrian connectivity onto Curragh Road

  Permission, 46 homes · Kildare County Council, 2660621

• 6 May 2026N/a

  works to a Protected Structure, comprising the installation of new timber sash windows and doors to match the period character of the building; lime-rendered and pebble-dashed façade; construction of a new cut roof with reclaimed natural slate to match existing; painted timber fascia and soffit; half-round cast iron gutters and downpipes; renovation and refurbishment of the existing structure; and all associated works. The works will be carried out using traditional materials and detailing appropriate to the character of the Protected Structure and in compliance with current Building Regulations. This application follows a determination under Section 57 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended), which concluded that the proposed works would materially affect the character of the Protected Structure and therefore require planning permission. The dwelling is included on the Record of Protected Structures (RPS) for County Kildare under RPS Ref. No. B22-21 (No. 19 Fairview Cottages, Kildare, Co. Kildare).

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660488

• 30 Apr 2026N/a

  : (1) Demolition of existing derelict storage buildings and partial demolition of existing stone wall to boundary along Bride Street; (2) Re-grading of the site to facilitate construction of 12no. dwellings; (3) Construction of 10no. three storey 3-bedroom houses and 2no. two storey 2-bedroom houses; (4) Existing vehicular access adjusted to suit new site configuration with 10no. car parking spaces on a shared surface; (5) Public open space fronting onto Bride Street with the retention of 2no. mature trees; (6) All associated works to include landscaping, planting and boundary treatments, infrastructure, lighting, foul / surface drainage and site works necessary to facilitate the development.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660475

• 30 Apr 2026N/a

  (1) Partial demolition of rear roof of the existing derelict buildings along Bride Street (former stables buildings/vacant commercial units) and full demolition of the derelict storage building to the rear of the site; (2) Internal renovation and extension to rear to accommodate 5no. apartments and construction of two-storey replacement building to accommodate 2 no. apartments (a combined total of 7 no. apartments all at ground and first floor level); (3) Restoration and repair of the street-facing facades along Bride Street; (4) Provision of a communal courtyard for use of the apartments; (5) All associated works to include landscaping, boundary treatments, infrastructure, lighting, foul / surface drainage and site works necessary to facilitate the development.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660476

• 29 Apr 2026N/a

  The development will consist of the following: (1) Partial demolition of rear roof of the existing derelict buildings along Bride Street (former stables buildings/vacant commercial units) and full demolition of the derelict storage building to the rear of the site; (2) Internal renovation and extension to rear to accommodate 5no. apartments and construction of two-storey replacement building to accommodate 2 no. apartments (a combined total of 7 no. apartments all at ground and first floor level); (3) Restoration and repair of the street-facing facades along Bride Street; (4) Provision of a communal courtyard for use of the apartments; (5) All associated works to include landscaping, boundary treatments, infrastructure, lighting, foul / surface drainage and site works necessary to facilitate the development.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660473

• 29 Apr 2026N/a

  (1) Demolition of existing derelict storage buildings and partial demolition of existing stone wall to boundary along Bride Street; (2) Re-grading of the site to facilitate construction of 12no. dwellings; (3) Construction of 10no. three storey 3-bedroom houses and 2no. two storey 2-bedroom houses; (4) Existing vehicular access adjusted to suit new site configuration with 10no. car parking spaces on a shared surface; (5) Public open space fronting onto Bride Street with the retention of 2no. mature trees; (6) All associated works to include landscaping, planting and boundary treatments, infrastructure, lighting, foul / surface drainage and site works necessary to facilitate the development

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660472

• 16 Apr 2026Conditional

  Retention of existing detached single storey self-service laundry kiosk as constructed and all associated site works. Retention of existing single storey self-service pet washing kiosk as constructed and all associated site works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2660409

• 9 Apr 2026Refused

  of the cottages and associated works as completed on site, including the retention of the existing windows, doors, rainwater goods and chimney finishes to the front elevations, in place of the replacement works required under Condition No. 3 (a–e) of the previously granted planning permission. The application seeks to retain the development as constructed, as the replacement of the existing installed materials with alternative materials as required by Condition No. 3 (a–e) would involve significant and unnecessary removal of completed works, would not materially improve the visual appearance of the terrace, and is not considered feasible or proportionate having regard to the extent of works already completed on site. The development relates to the previously permitted retention and completion of cottages Nos. 02–13 and 15–18, together with associated extensions and site works, forming part of the terrace of cottages adjoining Protected Structure No. 19 Fairview Cottages (RPS Ref. B22-21).

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2660380

• 31 Mar 2026N/a

  to construct 2 Blocks of 2 no. 2 bed semi-detached dormer type dwellings (to total 4 no. dwellings) with connection to foul sewer and all associated works.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660338

• 30 Mar 2026N/a

  (i) to demolish the existing building on the Western side of the Centra Supermarket building. (ii) to construct a new extension to the Centra Supermarket building on the Western side for Retail use and Off Licence Retail Use. (iii) to amalgamate the vacant Retail Unit (Joana’s Cakes Unit) on the Western side of the Centra

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660334

• 24 Mar 2026N/a

  to construct 2 Blocks of 2 no. 2 bed semi-detached dormer type dwellings (to total 4 no. dwellings) with connection to foul sewer and all associated works.

  Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 2660309

• 20 Mar 2026N/a

  (i) to demolish the existing building on the Western side of the Centra Supermarket building. (ii) to construct a new extension to the Centra Supermarket building on the Western side for Retail use and Off Licence Retail Use. (iii) to amalgamate the vacant Retail Unit (Joana’s Cakes Unit) on the Western side of the Centra Supermarket building into the Centra Supermarket building and associated external signage and site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660296

• 19 Mar 2026Conditional

  for existing rising walls as constructed and planning permission for the construction of a part 1 storey part 1.5 storey, 4 bedroom house to replace demolished house, vehicular entrance, boundary treatments, landscaping and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2660287

• 18 Mar 2026N/a

  (i) to demolish the existing building on the Western side of the Centra Supermarket building. (ii) to construct a new extension to the Centra Supermarket building on the Western side for Retail use and Off Licence Retail Use. (iii) to amalgamate the vacant Retail Unit (Joana’s Cakes Unit) on the Western side of the Centra Supermarket building into the Centra Supermarket building and associated external signage and site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660279

• 16 Mar 2026N/a

  amendments to a previously permitted residential development as granted under An Coimisiún Pleanála Ref. No. PL-500013-KE (Planning Ref. 25/60274), comprising the construction of an additional duplex block adjoining a previously permitted duplex block, containing 1 no. 2-bedroom apartment at ground floor level and 1 no. 3-bedroom duplex unit at first and second floor level, along with amendments to parking spaces within the development, together with all associated site development works, connections to services, and ancillary works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660276

• 6 Mar 2026Conditional

  construction of a new residential scheme of 146 no. residential units (5 no. 1 beds, 10 no. 2 beds, 104 no. 3 beds and 27 no. 4 beds) in a mix of houses, apartments and duplex units ranging in height from 1-3 storeys as follows: o 136 no. houses (7 no. 2 bed units; 102 no. 3 bed units; and 27 no. 4 bed units) in a mixture of bungalow, detached, semi-detached, and terrace style units ranging in height from 1 – 2 storeys. o 8 no. own door apartment units and 2 no. own door duplex units (5 no. 1 beds, 3 no. 2 beds, and 2 no. 3 beds) in new Block A ranging in height from 2-3 storeys. Each residential unit will be afforded with private open space in the form of a front/rear/side garden for houses or terrace / balconies for apartment and duplex style units. • The provision of a new creche facility (approx. 161 sq m GFA) and associated areas of external open space (approx. 60 sq m) located at ground floor level in new Block A. • Public open space (approx. 7,018 sq m) is proposed in the form of 2 no. new large public open space areas within the site (approx. 3,072 sq m and 3,946 sq m respectively). • Communal open space (approx. 82 sq m) is proposed adjacent to Block A. • A total of 321 no. car parking spaces (305 no. for residential units and 16 no. for the creche facility) are proposed. This provision includes 2 no. accessible spaces and 17 no. visitor spaces. • A total of 527 no. cycle parking spaces (517 no. for residential units and 10 no. for the creche facility) are provided. This provision includes 75 no. visitor spaces. Resident cycle parking is proposed in the form of secure bicycle store enclosures to the front of terraced units; on curtilage spaces to the rear of units with side access; and a bicycle store for apartment units located within Block A. Visitor parking is proposed in the form of Sheffield stands. • The development shall be served via 2 no. new vehicular access points from Southgreen Road. An additional private vehicular access point is proposed via Old Road to service 1 no. new bungalow (4 no. bed residential unit). Provision is also made for vehicular access via Southgreen Road to serve the future open space and amenity zoned lands to the north of the main development site. • Pedestrian and cyclist access is also proposed via Southgreen Road; via a new secondary access point from the Southern Internal Link Road to the south of the site; and via Old Road to the east of the site. • Upgrades/widening to Southgreen Road including provision o

  Permission, 136 homes · Kildare County Council, 2660248

• 3 Mar 2026Refused

  a) permission for the partial demolition of the rear element of existing two storey commercial premises (addressing Dublin road), demolition of existing industrial style units on site to the rear of original commercial unit addressing Dublin road. b) permission for the construction of a two-story apartment building consisting of 5 apartments (4 no two bedroom units and 1 no. one bedroom unit), covered car parking and bicycle storage area. c) construction of 4 no. houses in two blocks of two-story semi-detached houses (2 no. three bed houses and 2 no. two bed houses) d) permission for internal access road, connection to public foul sewer and watermain, soakholes, landscaping and all associated site works

  Permission, 4 homes · Kildare County Council, 2660224

• 19 Dec 2025Conditional

  amendments to the permitted development as per SHD permission reference 305007-19, as extended by Extension of Duration permission 24/290. The proposed development incorporates the following amendments: (I) Reconfiguration of apartment blocks A, B, C and D to provide for 44no. 1 bed units and 92no. 2bed units. The overall residential apartment units in blocks A, B, C and D will increase to 136no. apartment units in lieu of 122 apartments as granted. (II) Associated façade amendments to apartment blocks A, B, C and D. (III) The reduction in the basement area with a reduction in overall car parking provision from 144 car spaces as granted to 137no. spaces which includes for provision of surface level parking. (IV) The reconfiguration of the basement layout for provision of bin and bicycle storage along with reconfiguration of the surface level visitor bicycle storage. (V) The provision of ventilation grids to the basement along with provision of a new lift and stair core for access. (VI) The reconfiguration of the site layout associated with apartment blocks A, B, C and D. (VII) Amendments to associated site landscaping works to include for reconfiguration of public open space and communal space and associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561466

• 3 Dec 2025Conditional

  1. The change of use of ground floor commercial unit to proposed residential apartment. 2. Alterations and modifications to existing first floor apartment previously granted under Pl. Ref. 88/1030. 3. All associated alterations including addition/repositioning of windows and doors to external elevations and 4. All ancillary works. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of: The removal of the existing signage

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561370

• 2 Dec 2025Refused

  the construction of a detached two storey apartment block consistent of 3 no. one bedroom apartments, bicycle, bin, open space areas, connection to public four sewer and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561357

The 25 most recent of over 100 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Curragh (Kildare) 000392

Recorded monuments

• KD022-012 Mound
  Description

  On a hilltop in improved pasture, with moderately steep slopes on all sides. Shown on the latest ed. (1939) of the OS 6-inch map as a raised circular area (est. diam. c. 25m) with a Trigonometrical station (OD 419 feet) on the NE sector, and a depression or possible quarry pit on the site limits NW-NE. The Trigonometrical station is no longer extant, and an ESB pole stands on or close to its former location. The depression has been infilled, and there is no visible surface trace of a mound.

• KD022-027 Burial
  Description

  While investigating the discovery of a burial (KD022-026----) found during road widening in October 1953, Lucas (OPW Topographical files, 1953; SMR file) was informed that, nearby to the E, an apparently similar burial had been discovered several months previously. It had been greatly disturbed by the bulldozer, and no further information was available. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 15 December 2011

• KD022-029001 Historic town
  Description

  On a low ridge at the W-edge of the Curragh. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 196-265), the name Kildare is derived from Cill Dara, ‘the church of the oak’, a tree which, according to the 7th century writer Cogitosus, stood beside St. Brigid’s early-6th century monastery (KD022-029002-). The Annals of Clonmacnoise record that in 1012, ‘all the Towen of Kildare was burnt by a thunderbolt but one house’, suggesting a secular, urban-type settlement had developed in association with the monastery. A borough was established at Kildare before 1176, and became the principal manor of Strongbow's Lordship in north Leinster, and the earliest fortification may have been a motte (KD022-029025-). By the end of the 13th century, Kildare contained a castle (KD022-029004-), a cathedral (KD022-029005-), and both Franciscan (KD022-029006-) and Carmelite friaries (KD022-029007-). A parliament was held there in 1309-10. In 1316, John Fitzthomas, newly created earl of Kildare, was granted the town and castle. Bradley et al (op. cit., 199) suggest a population of about 1,000 in the town in the early-14th century. In 1515, the town received a new charter, and a weekly market and burgesses were licensed to enclose the town with walls and a fosse (KD022-029009-). It was the scene of an engagement in 1598, during the Nine Years War, when it was so badly damaged that it was described by Fynes Moryson (1907, ii, 351) as, ‘altogether disinhabited’. The cathedral was ruined and roofless in 1604, and a number of properties were described in 1607 as ‘ruinous’ or ‘lately burned’. However, the town recovered to become an important garrison site during the Confederate War of 1641-53. Around 1659, the Census of Ireland noted a population of 359 (Pender 1939, 395). (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 320; Orpen 1911-20, 374-381; Gilbert 1884, ii, 339) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 19 January 2012

• KD022-029002 Ecclesiastical site
  Description

  According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 196-265), the name Kildare is derived from Cill Dara, ‘the church of the oak’, a tree which, according to the 7th century writer Cogitosus, stood beside St. Brigid’s early-6th century monastery. Originally founded for nuns, it became a ‘double monastery’, with nuns under an abbess and monks under an abbot or bishop (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 319-20). The first bishop recorded was Conleth, who died in 520 (Annals of Ulster). Cogitosus’ Life of Brigid, written c. 680, describes a large church with many windows, and formal, decorated doors for the nuns and monks, who were separated by a screen running down the centre of the church. The altar was also cut off from the rest of the church by a screen covered with paintings and hangings, and was flanked by the richly ornamented shrines of Brigid and Conleth. The shrines were reputedly carried off by Viking raiders in 835. The monastery was burned on a number of occasions between 710 and 1089, (not always maliciously): after one burning, in 1012, The Annals of Clonmacnoise record, ‘all the Towen of Kildare was burnt by a thunderbolt but one house’, suggesting a secular, urban-type settlement had developed around the monastery, while after another burning, in 1050, it was noted that both the wooden church (durthech) and the stone church (damhlaig) were destroyed. Kildare’s importance was recognised in 1111 at the Synod of Rathbreasil, when it became one of the five episcopal sees of Leinster. The precise location of the early monastery is uncertain, but it almost certainly stood on, or near, the surviving cathedral (KD022-029005-), high cross (KD022-029021-) and round tower (KD022-029020-) in the graveyard (KD022-029003-); while the curvilinear nature of some streets may reflect the lines of early monastic enclosures (KD022-029058-). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• KD022-029003 Graveyard
  Description

  Just NW of the Market Sq. A sub-rectangular area (est. dims. L c. 115m E-W; Wth c. 65m N-S), enclosed by a mortared stone wall, which, according to Bradley et al (1986 vol. 3, 216), may have formed the innermost enclosure (KD022-029058-) of St. Brigid’s monastery (KD022-029002-). Contains a high cross (KD022-029021-), a round tower (KD022-029020-), St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-), numerous architectural fragments, and burials dating up to modern times. To the NE of the cathedral are the footings of two walls, possibly the mortuary chapel of the Leigh family. Immediately to the E of the cathedral is a smal, rectangularl barrel-vaulted structure (E-W L 4.3m; Wth 3.1m) with wicker centring, which originally would have stood above ground level, with a lintelled, internally splaying ope in the S wall. To the E of the cathedral, and N of the barrel-vaulted structure, is a small, rectangular, subterranean, stone-roofed chamber (L 1.5m; Wth 1.4m), possibly the remains of a burial vault. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 19 January 2012

• KD022-029004 Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle
  Description

  Stands between Nugent St. to the W and Cox’s Lane to the E. Gatehouse on E side of Anglo-Norman poygonal shaped enclosure castle was converted into a tower house in the 15th century which now stands in the car park of the Silken Tomas hotel in Kildare town. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 207-13), the Anglo-Norman castle originally consisted of a curtain-walled, polygonal enclosure (area c. 0.43 hectares) with four towers, and a possible motte (KD022-029025-) at its S-angle. Today only three sides of the polygonal walled enclosure or curtain wall (NW, NE and SE), a gatehouse converted into a tower house and the lower courses of two mural towers (at SW and N) survive above ground. Kildare town was used frequently by Strongbow as a base during the early 1170s, and the castle, which was in existence before 1185 (Curtis 1933-43, i, 4), may have been built by Strongbow himself, rather than the generally accepted builder, William Marshall. Between 1297 and 1299 repairs were carried out to the houses, towers and gates, and a new bakehouse, kitchen and well were constructed (38th PRI rep. DK, 47-48, 102). The castle was sufficiently strong to withstand a three-day assault by Edmund Bruce in 1316. In 1331, it was described as having four towers, a chapel and a kitchen. The Anglo-Norman gatehouse was converted into a tower house of 15th century date, with the curtain wall of the polygonal castle acting as the bawn wall for the 15th century tower house. Access to the Anglo-Norman polyonal shaped castle enclosure was through a gatehouse on the SE-side. The gatehouse which today stands in the car park of the Silken Thomas hotel consists of a multi-period rectangular (ext. dims. L c. 11.5m; Wth c. 9.8m) four storey high tower built with rubble limestone with a base batter on the N, E and W walls. The ground level in the enclosed area to the W and NW of the gatehouse is much higher (H c. 3m) than outside to the E, suggesting that a timber gangway must have led up to the rounded entrance in the E wall, which is now infilled with a post-medieval window, with a simple entrance passage beyond, from which a stairs gives access to first floor-level above. This level is lit by a twin-light window in the E wall and a single-light in the W wall, and contains a blocked-off garderobe in the in the SW-angle. A stairs, entered through the N wall leads to second floor-level, which contains a long, intra mural chamber in the N wall, lit at the E and W ends by narrow, square headed windows, by a twin light, round arched window in the N wall, and by a now blocked loop in the NE-angle. A window visible in the outer face of the S wall suggests it too contains a, now blocked up, intra mural chamber. The main second floor chamber is lit by twin light, round headed window in the E wall, and a stairs near the SE angle give access to the parapets and roof area which are modern rebuilds. A substantial, battered, curtain wall (ext. H 5-6m; int H 1.5m; T 1.6m) of Anglo-Norman date, built of rubble limestone blocks, runs off the gatehouse towards the NNE, and its course can be traced counter-clockwise to the SW. A post-medieval water tower stands inside the castle ward to the N of the gatehouse. The interior f the castle ward is today used as a storage yard for Kildare County Council. Only a short portion of the curtain wall can be traced on the opposite, SW side, of the gatehouse, from where it presumably ran SW to the site of the possible motte (KD022-029025-). The curtain wall defence was augmented by three mural towers: one at the SW is named ‘Old Tower’ on Sherrard’s (1798) Map of Kildare, but no visible surface trace survives: remains of a second, rectangular and possibly open-backed tower (max. dims. L 9.8m; Wth 4m; wall T 1.6m), at NW, are incorporated into the rear of Graham’s Bakery on the corner of Market Sq. and Station Rd.: remains of a third, open-backed, rectangular tower (dims max. L 8.8m; Wth. could not be determined) survive at NE. (Mac Niocaill 1964, 101). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 23 March 2016

• KD022-029005 Cathedral
  Description

  Near the centre of a graveyard (KD022-029003-), just NW of the Market Sq. According to Bradley et al. (1986 Vol. 3, 217-21), St. Brigid's Cathedral is the successor to the pre-Norman church of Kildare. It consists of a nave and chancel church, with an almost square crossing tower and transepts, built of roughly coursed limestone with ashlar quoins (int dims: nave L c. 23.4m; Wth c. 9.3m; chancel L c. 12.5m; Wth c. 6.8m; tower L c. 6.8m; Wth c. 6.8m; N and S transepts L c. 8.1m; Wth c. 7.5m). The N transept, the greater part of the chancel, the W windows of the nave, and the N, E and W walls of the tower were entirely rebuilt during the restoration begun in1896, when external buttressing was also added to both nave and chancel. Earlier restorations had also occurred: the cathedral was in ruinous condition in 1223, when it was rebuilt by the first English bishop, Ralph of Bristol (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 83). The roof was pulled down in 1588 and the tower, chancel and north transept collapsed, possibly due to a failure of the foundations. The choir was rebuilt in 1686 and served as a cathedral until the late-19th century restoration of the entire structure. The chancel is lit by three graded lancets above a blank arcade of trefoil-headed arches with pointed canopies, and the restored N and S walls contain two, opposing lancets. The restored crossing tower rises from square piers with centrally attached shafts, and high pointed arches open into the nave, chancel and transepts. Access to the upper floors is via a spiral stairs in a modern octagonal turret at the angle of the nave and N transept. First floor-level was the belfry stage and is lit by two pointed windows in each wall. Second floor-level is marked by an external string course supported on small corbels, above which the walls are stepped-in slightly, and is lit by three small pointed windows with chamfered granite jambs in each wall. A stepped parapet supported on a drainage course is attributed by Leask (1960, 89) to repairs mentioned in 1395. The nave’s N and S walls are each supported externally by six, evenly spaced buttresses joined at the top by pointed arches to form arcades of six bays, five of which frame a lancet, with the two others framing opposing doorways to W of centre of the nave. The W gable wall is buttressed at the N and S ends, and now contains three modern, graded lancets. The N transept was entirely rebuilt in the late-19th century, closely modelled on the S transept and is lit by three lancets in each wall.The S transept contains the main entrance to the church in its E wall; a modern pointed doorway inserted into an earlier, large, pointed arch. A gable line above the door supports Leask’s suggestion (1960, 89) that there was a chapel projecting from each transept. The S transept is lit by three graded lancets in the S wall, and traces of three narrow, pointed lancets survive in the W wall which were superseded by two modern lancets. Some 21 decorated, line-impressed, square (L 0.12m; Wth 0.12m; T 0.025m), orange coloured medieval floor tiles were found in the Cathedral. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 19 January 2012

• KD022-029006 Religious house - Franciscan friars
  Description

  In a graveyard (KD022-029067-) on low-lying ground to the SW of Kildare town (KD022-029001-). A possible holy well (KD022-030----) lies outside the graveyard’s W wall. A Franciscan friary, the precise foundation date of which is uncertain: Gwynn and Hadcock (1970, 252) quote sources suggesting a founding c. 1254 by the ancestors of the earls of Kildare, or a founding c.1260, either by Gerald Fitz Maurice alone, or jointly with William de Vesci. The friars received a royal grant in 1276-8. John Fitz Thomas, 1st earl of Kildare was buried in the church in 1316, Thomas Fitz John, 2nd earl was buried in the Lady Chapel in 1328, followed by his son, Richard, in 1329. When surrendered in 1539, the friary included a church and belfry, dormitory, hall, three chambers, kitchen, cemetery and two gardens, while in November 1540, the jurors reported that all the buildings except the church and most of the cloister had been burnt in the previous May by O’Conor. The friary was re-established in 1621 (op. cit). According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 246-51), the surviving remains comprise a ruined and overgrown nave and chancel church (est. int. L c. 20m E-W; Wth c. 5m) built of roughly coursed limestone blocks with no visible quoins or jambs surviving, which originally had a side chapel at the N. To the S, the remains of a claustral building survive as the collapsed, grass-covered walls (H 0.75m) of a rectangular area (est. L c. 15.5 N-S; Wth c. 4.4 m). The upstanding structure is mainly of 13th century date; the E window and probably the W window are 15th century insertions, while the buttresses on the N wall of the chancel are possibly 14th century. A drawing by Austin Cooper in 1791 shows one, and possibly two transepts, the N one opening onto the N chapel. Only the NW angle and the partially rebuilt S wall of the nave survives. The N splay of the W window is visible, and the S wall contains three round-arched niches. Externally, the roofline of the cloister is visible. The chancel is lit by a robbed out window shown in Cooper’s drawing as pointed with switchline tracery. The granite sill of a larger and apparently earlier window is visible in the outer face of the wall. The N wall was supported by five, free-standing buttresses, which have parted from the wall over time, and the wall contains six, poorly preserved lancets. Two portions of the original S wall survive, at its E and W ends. It has been rebuilt in the middle and acts as part of the S boundary of the graveyard. Nothing remains of the N side-chapel, shown by Cooper to have had a pointed window. In 1991, archaeological trial trenching (1991:075 www.excavations.ie) in advance of the proposed building of a bungalow and garage to the N of Grey Abbey yielded five sherds of local medieval pottery and a single sherd of post-medieval tankard ware from the topsoil. Small fragments of burnt animal bone were also recovered. Field walking a recently ploughed field to the immediate W of the site produced numerous sherds of local medieval pottery including a fragment of line-impressed medieval tile. Examples of the design used, four-foil in clockwise scroll, had previously been recorded at Kildare Cathedral (KD022-029005-) and Great Connell Priory (KD023-016----). Subsequent monitoring of the ground works for the foundations revealed a localised find scatter of 16 fragmentary sherds of local medieval pottery in the topsoil. The sherds had a dull orange sandy fabric with coarse inclusions and some exhibited a mottled green outer glaze. In 2004, archaeological test trenching (Excavation Licence No. 04E0233) in advance of a large commercial development took place when 15 trenches were excavated across two fields, incorporating the friary grounds, the Friars' Well (KD022-030----) and adjacent lands. Six of the trenches excavated in the friary grounds concentrated on the W limits of the land scheduled for development. The E limits of the friary site containing the remains of the cloister were not investigated. Two trenches were excavated across the well site to determine its nature and extent. The remaining six trenches were excavated in the main body of the development site. The trenches excavated within the friary grounds confirmed the results of an earlier geophysical survey, identifying the site to be composed of a series of rectilinear enclosures defined by a complex of ditches and earthen banks. For the main part these ditches had been ploughed out, though the northernmost enclosure is particularly well preserved, having an above-ground register of 0.9m. The ditch representing the townland boundary was also identified at this time. Several fragments of medieval pottery were retrieved. A red-brick structure, possibly representing the remains of a post-medieval well, was also identified. The earthen enclosures appear to be directly associated with the workings of the Franciscan friary, with a similar complex of embankments noted within the surviving remains of the graveyard. The trenches excavated within the main body of the development site were archaeologically sterile. (Dennehy E. 2007, No. 831, 198-9) In 2005, the remains of the friary to be directly impacted upon by the development, including the Friars' Well, were excavated under an extension to the existing licence (Excavation Licence No. 04E0233 ext.). The prehistoric remains of a Bronze Age fulacht fia (KD022-114----), a cremation burial (KD022-115----) and an Iron Age kiln (KD022-116----) were found. The area excavated did not incorporate any of the friary’s main buildings but was confined to an earthen platform and possible garden areas, interpreted by Bradley et al. (op. cit.) as possibly being of modern construction. The excavation was confined to the south and west edges and illustrated that the platform was constructed on a naturally occurring hill, the topography of which was accentuated through the excavation of three parallel enclosing ditches. The material derived from the excavation of these ditches was centrally mounded to create internal banks. Material retrieved from the ditches contained animal bone, 13th-century floor tiles (identical to those from St Brigid’s cathedral), 12th–13th-century Dublin-type ware and a medieval horse harness pendant. As the interior of the enclosure was not excavated, an interpretation as to its exact function was not reached. This structure is referred to locally as a leper colony, which could indicate that it originally functioned as a hospital within the friary compound. It may also have served as an animal enclosure or as the initial settlement area for the friars until such time as the construction work on the friary had been completed. The remainder of the area within Field 1 was subdivided into two areas, a lawn area where no medieval features were present and a garden area which was criss-crossed with a series of drains and agricultural features. The archaeology of this area illustrated the management of the friary’s water supply, with the drainage specifically designed with central ‘reservoirs’, so that in times of adverse weather excess water was rapidly removed from the site, whereas during dry spells water to irrigate the land was retained within the drains. By the late 13th/early 14th century the division between the garden area and the lawn area was formally defined by a 1.6m-wide ditch. The townland boundary, which is curvilinear in plan, would appear to follow the course of a now dry streambed. It was constructed through the excavation of two parallel ditches, the material from which was used to create a central bank. Datable material retrieved from the excavation provides a construction date in the 17th century. (Dennehy E. 2008, No. 757, 184-5) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 23 January 2012

• KD022-029007 Religious house - Carmelite friars
  Description

  Located to the WNW of St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-) in a graveyard (KD022-029061-). The Carmelite Priory of St Mary, founded by William de Vesci in 1290. In 1539 it consisted of a church, belfry, dormitory, hall, and two chambers. All the buildings except the church and messuage were burned in 1540 (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 290). According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 243-6), a late-18th century drawing by Cooper shows a roofless, single-aisled church, with two small traceried roundels above in the E wall, six pointed lancets and a flat lintelled doorway towards the W in the S wall (JKAS 1971-6, 436, 490). There are no visible remains of the priory, but it is indicated on Rocque’s 1757 map immediately S of the modern Carmelite church. Late medieval limestone panels (KD022-029062-, KD022-029063-, KD022-029064-, KD022-029065- and KD022-029066-) set in the N transept wall of the modern church may have originated in the earlier church. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 23 January 2012

• KD022-029009 Town defences
  Description

  According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 213), a charter of 1515 authorised the burgesses of Kildare to enclose the town with a stone wall and a fosse, for which a murage grant was provided. Thomas (1992, 125) suggests that that grant, ‘… made a few years after the death of the “great earl” of Kildare but during the lord deputy-ship of his son, may therefore have been to restore an existing but decayed wall, or else to upgrade a simple earthen enclosure.’ While the existence of a murage grant is not proof positive that defences were either constructed or repaired at that date, Kildare’s frontier location strongly suggests that town defences were a necessity, unless the strong Anglo Norman castle (KD022-029004-) was deemed sufficient to meet any threat. No visible physical evidence for the morphology of the town defences survives, and any description is based on, mainly later, historical sources, and any suggested town wall course is conjectural. The earliest reference to town gates only occurs in the later-17th century, when, in 1674, three gates are mentioned; Clare Gate, Ellis Gate and White Gate, and a Fire Castle, which may also have formed part of the defences. The Clare Gate was situated on Claregate Street on the W side of the town (PRONI D 30378/2/3/5), and is indicated on Roque's 1757 map. Bradley et al’s mapping (op. cit. 213, Fig. 85) suggests a location at c. ITM E 672649 N 712438. Ellis Gate was probably located on Station Road, on the highest point of the ridge at the NE side of the town. Bradley et al.’s mapping (op. cit 214, Fig. 85) suggest a location at c. ITM E 672912 N 712480. White Gate was located on the E side of the town on Dublin Street, possibly just SSE of the Anglo Norman castle (KD022-029004-). Bradley et al.’s mapping (op. cit. 214-5, Fig. 85) suggests a location at c. ITM E 672953 N 712333. The Fire Castle is shown on Rocque’s 1757 map, to the W of the Cathedral (KD022-029005-) and may have formed part of the town defences. Bradley et al.’s mapping (op. cit. 213-4, Fig. 85) suggests a location at c. ITM E 672673 N 712536. It’s likely there was a S gate, possibly near the S end of Bride Street. Bradley et al.’s mapping (op. cit. 213-4, Fig. 85) suggests a location at c. ITM E 672809 N 712232. Besides the town gates, Rocque’s map records ‘Black Ditch or Cleamore Street’ as the old name for Academy Street, which suggests the town’s SW defences ran along this line, between Clare Gate at W and a S gate. Thereafter, the defences would have followed a line possibly running E from a S gate before turning N to the White Gate and on to the NNW to Ellis Gate, then, skirting N of the Cathedral, back around to the Clare Gate, via Fire Castle. (Andrews and Simms 1986; Horner 1975-6, 480-84) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 24 January 2012

• KD022-029020 Round tower
  Description

  In the NW sector of a graveyard (KD022-029003-), c. 30m NW of St. Brigid's Cathedral (KD022-029020-). According to Bradley et al. (1986 Vol 3, 222), the base and lower courses of the tower are built of evenly coursed granite blocks, with roughly coursed limestone blocks above (H. 32.6m; diam. 5.3m). There are seven floors; five supported on corbels, with the third and sixth on offsets. The red sandstone Romanesque doorway faces SE (H. above ground level 4.6m), and is of four orders (the outermost order is modern) with a gable above. The ornament includes chevrons, rosettes and foliation. There are narrow pointed splayed windows on the second, third, fourth and fifth floors, and five windows, each partially blocked at the base, on the top floor. Battlements were added in the 18th century. (Fitzgerald 1891-5, 76, 86-91; De Paor 1967, 137; Barrow 1979, 118-122) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 24 January 2012

• KD022-029021 Cross - High cross
  Description

  In the SW sector of a graveyard (KD022-029003-), to the SW of St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). According to Bradley et al. (1986 Vol 3, 224-5), a damaged undecorated, ringed, granite cross-head, the upper portion of which is missing, is carried on a tall, plain, gently tapering granite shaft (H 3m; Wth 0.56m; T 0.31m) on a large, almost square base (H 1.2m; L 1.36m; Wth c.1.33m). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy date o fupload: 24 January 2012

• KD022-029022 Cross
  Description

  A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029057-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029022-: On the S-side of the nave. According to Bradley et al. (1986 Vol 3, 225. Fig. 97), a large granite stone with a chamfered upper edge (H. 0.97m; L 0.62m; Wth 0.5m) contains a broad rectangular mortice (L 0.44m; Wth 0.3m; D 0.15m). While usually described as a font (Patterson 1982, 13), it lacks a drainage hole and may be a cross-base. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 24 January 2012

• KD022-029023 Graveslab
  Description

  A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029057-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029023-: According to Bradley et al. (1986 Vol 3, 225. Fig. 100), two fragments of a limestone cross slab (L 0.32m; Wth. 0.35m; T 0.08m) are decorated in false relief with interlace and key patterns flanking two ringed crosses which are connected by a panel of interlace. (FitzGerald 1903-5b, 379) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 24 January 2012

• KD022-029025 Castle - motte
  Description

  Acording to Bradley et al. (1986 Vol. 3, 211-12), Rocque's map of Kildare town (1757) shows a mound to the SW of the Anglo Norman masonry castle (KD022-029004-). This may have been a motte which was subsequently incorporated into the defences of the later castle. No visible surface traces survive. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 30 January 2012

• KD022-029026 Building
  Description

  Traditionally, a sacred fire was kept alight from St. Brigid’s time down to the 16th century. Although not recorded on the 1st ed. (1838) of the OS 6- inch map, ‘Fire house (Site of)’ is shown on the latest ed. (1939) in a graveyard (KD022-029003-), just N of St. Brigid's Cathedral (KD022-029005-). According to Bradley et al. (1986 Vol 3, 222-3), ‘old sketches’ show the gable of a building, but the only remains in this position today consist of a small rectangular hollow (L 4.44m; Wth 3.48m) enclosed by a low, rubble wall (H 0.5m; Wth 1m). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 30 January 2012

• KD022-029027 Cross-slab
  Description

  A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029057-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029027-: In the S-transept. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 225-6. Fig. 98), the lower half of a granite cross slab (L 0.91m; Wth 0.34m; T 0.2m) is chamfered on one side and is decorated with the stem of a cross, outlined by two grooves, whose foot terminates in a bulbar extension. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 30 January 2012

• KD022-029028 Cross-slab
  Description

  A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029057-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029028-: According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 226. Fig. 101) a limestone slab in two pieces (L 0.39m; Wth 0.27m) is decorated in false relief with a Maltese cross within a circle. This is outlined on three sides by three deeply scored lines, having a two-line interlaced S-scroll at the corner. The remains of a decorated panel survive on the fourth side. (FitzGerald 1903-5b, 379) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 30 January 2012

• KD022-029029 Cross-slab
  Description

  A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029057-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029029-: In the S-transept. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 226. Fig. 99), a rectangular granite cross slab (L 0.51m; Wth 0.39m; T 0.2m) is decorated in false relief with a Greek cross with splayed terminals and two circles in the centre. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 30 January 2012

• KD022-029030 Tomb - effigial
  Description

  A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029057-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029030-: In the chancel. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 226. Fig. 103), an effigy carved in relief on a gently tapering, coffin-shaped limestone slab (L 1.9m; Wth 0.5m-0.64m; T 0.33m). One of the slab’s long sides and parts of both ends are decorated with stiff leaf foliage. The figure of a bishop (traditionally identified as John of Taunton, Bishop of Kildare who died in 1258) has both gloved hands resting flat on the chest and there is a ring on the second finger of the right hand. He wears an amice, a full soft chasuble, a dalmatic, a stole with fringed ends and an alb. The head rests on a rectangular cushion and is flanked on either side by an angel holding a censer. The feet appear to lie against an animal, or possibly a bird missing its head and tail. He wears a maniple over the left wrist, a mitre over curling hair and his crozier rests on the right side of the body. (Hunt 1974, no. 87, pls. 69-70) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 30 January 2012

• KD022-029031 Cross-slab
  Description

  A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029057-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029031-: In the S-transept. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 227. Fig. 102), a cross slab of gently tapering, fine grained granite (L 1.53m; Wth 0.36-0.48m; T 0.22m), missing the upper left corner, is decorated with a two-line Latin cross with expanded terminals, outlined by a recessed channel. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 30 January 2012

• KD022-029032 Tomb - effigial
  Description

  A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029057-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029032-: According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 227-8), a large, badly fragmented, tapering limestone block (L 1.8m; Wth 0.64m; T 0.36m) bears the figure of a bishop carved in high relief, dressed in chasuble, alb, gloves, maniple, with amice/kerchief around the neck. He wears a mitre and carries a foliated crozier, turned outwards, in the left hand. His right hand is raised in blessing. The figure is placed under a crocketed, ogee-headed canopy supported by small figures and the sides are further embellished with spirals. (Hunt 1974, no. 88, Pl. 82) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 30-01-2012

• KD022-029033 Cross-slab
  Description

  A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029057-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029032-: In the S-transept. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 228), the lower half of a gently tapering, coffin-shaped slab (L 0.77m; Wth 0.31-0.39m; T 0.18m) bears the narrow shaft of a cross in false relief. There are worn, incised Lombardic letters on each side of the shaft: ‘PPC/ ORATE P .. LOD O’. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 30 January 2012

• KD022-029034 Tomb - effigial (present location)
  Description

  A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029057-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029034-: The County Kildare Archaeological Society were responsible for removing the Walter Wellesley Tomb from Great Connell Abbey (KD023-016---) to Kildare Cathedral for safekeeping in 1971. The tomb was re-erected in S transept of Kildare Cathedral on 17 July 1971. Prior to this move the effigial tomb had been broken up into several fragments that had been inserted into the S face of the W wall of the graveyard either side of the entrance gate. Photographs taken by Edwin Rae show the fragments incorporated into the W wall of the abbey graveyard (KD023-016001-) (http://hdl.handle.net/2262/34868). The Urban Survey of Kildare (Bradley et. al. 1986 vol. 3, 228-9 Fig. 104) described the effigial tomb as following; 'Of limestone, the end panels are complete but the side panels only survive in fragmentary sections (L 1.9m; Wth 0.98m; H 0.94m). The Bishop is depicted under a pinnacled and crocketed canopy which is supported by two angels carrying shields emblazoned with crosses, the arms of Wellesley. He wears an amice or neck-scarf, a chasuble decorated with a central panel of fine embroidery, a fringed dalmatic, an alb and a girdle. His manipled left hand holds a foliated, in-turned crozier and the gloved right hand is raised in blessing. The feet rest against a socle decorated with foliage. The lower edge of the slab has a concave chamfer decorated in relief with sprays of foliage, three face masks with foliage springing from the mouths (‘green men’), two grotesques, one figure blowing two trumpets and a shiela-na-gig. A marginal inscription in incised Gothic lettering reads: ‘HIC JACET FRATER WALTERUS WELLYSL[E]Y QUODAM EPUS DAREN AC HUJ DOMUS/ COMMENDATARIUS CUIUS AIE PPICIETUR DEUS Q OBI[T] ANNO DOM[]NI MCCC (unfinished). Translation: ‘Here lies brother Walter Wellesley, formerly bishop of Kildare and commendatory prior of this house, on whose soul God have mercy, who died in the year of the Lord 15[39].’ The reconstructed tomb panels consist of a number of fragments which appear to have been carved by different hands, and the E side panel did not belong to this tomb originally. The head end-panel bears an ‘Ecce Homo’; the foot end-panel bears a crucifixion; the W side-panel, in two parts, depicts SS John the Evangelist, Patrick and Peter; the E side panel depicts SS Andrew, Thaddeus and Matthias'. Cross-referenced with KD023-016008-. (Hunt 1974, 163) See attached screenshots of 3D model of tomb created by Digital Heritage Age. 3D model can be accessed on the Sketchfab website at: https://skfb.ly/6tEGq Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 24 April 2019

• KD022-029035 Tomb - effigial
  Description

  A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029057-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029035-: In the S transept. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 230-31 Fig. 105), a rectangular limestone slab (L 2.46m; Wth 1.16m; T 0.28m) carries the effigy of Richard Fitzgerald of Lackagh (d. 1575) carved in high relief, wearing Italianate armour and bearing a long sword, the lower portion of which is missing. There are five heater-shaped shields with coats of arms on the dexter side and an incised marginal inscription reads: ‘DOMINA MARGARETA B…../ MONVMENTVM FIERI FECIT OB ME …. AVV RICH FITZGERALDE/ DE LACKAGHE MILITIS QVONDAM/ SVI MARITI QVI OBIIT XX [di]E DECEMBRIS ANNO DOMINI 1575/ WALTERVS/ BRENNAGH ME FECIT’ (Fitzgerald 1895-7a; Fitzgerald 1895-7b, 254-6; NLI Ms. 772, 4, 2-3; Price 1942, 11-12) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 31-01-2012

• KD022-029036 Tomb - chest tomb
  Description

  A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029057-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029036-: In the S transept. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 231 Fig. 108), a rectangular end panel from a tomb (H 0.53m; Wth 0.36m; T 0.17m) is decorated in low relief with a crucifixion in which Christ is nailed to a ribbed Latin cross with INRI above, and flanked by two female figures, possibly Mary and Mary Magdalene. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 02-02-2012

• KD022-029037 Tomb - chest tomb
  Description

  A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029057-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029037-: In the S transept. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 231 Fig. 110), two rectangular side panels from a tomb (total L 2m; H 0.5m; T 0.21m) are decorated in low false relief with niches, foliage and animals including a wolf, a fox, a rabbit, a goat, a unicorn, and birds including a cock and a swan/goose. An inscription in Roman lettering runs along the top margin: ‘HAEC REQVIES MEA IN SECULA SECUL… ABITABO QUONIAM ELEGIEAM’. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 2 February 2012

• KD022-029038 Tomb - table tomb
  Description

  A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029057-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029038-: Four decorated limestone fragments; three in the S transept and a fourth laid against the outer face of the chancel’s E gable wall. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 232-33 Fig. 109), the fragments form part of an elaborate table tomb (surviving max. Wth 2.71m; H 0.62m) decorated with Christ crucified on a Latin cross, bead and reel mouldings, pillastered niches with foliated stems, ivy, grapes and animals including a sheep, a winged animal with talons, a fox-and goose and three human heads. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 2 February 2012

• KD022-029039 Tomb - chest tomb
  Description

  A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029057-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029039-: In the S transept. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 233), two fragments from the same tomb chest (max. Wth 0.73m; max. H 0.53m; T 0.13m) are decorated with two figures in false relief, one only partly surviving, in niches separated by demi-octagonal pillarettes; one bearded figure wears a round-necked tunic, buttoned down the front with a cloak over the shoulders and carries a staff or spear; parts of two more figures in similar niches are dressed in tunics and cloaks, and one holds a book. (Hunt 1974, no. 90, pl. 232) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 2 February 2012

• KD022-029040 Tomb - chest tomb
  Description

  A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029057-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029040-: In the S transept. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 233), three fragments from the same tomb (max. Wth 1.28m; max. H 0.44m; T 0.13m) are decorated with two and a half crocketed and cusped, but empty, ogee-headed niches. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 2 February 2012

• KD022-029041 Graveslab
  Description

  A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029057-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029041-: In the S transept. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 234), a damaged limestone fragment (L 0.64m; Wth 0.48m; T 0.24m) has a worn marginal inscription in Roman lettering: ‘…RALD ET ….. Probably a Fitzgerald graveslab. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 3 February 2012

• KD022-029042 Cross-slab
  Description

  A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029057-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029042-: In the S transept. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 234), the upper corner of a limestone slab (H 0.51m; Wth 0.35m; T0.18m) is decorated in false relief with an eight-armed fleur-de-lys cross and has a marginal inscription in Roman lettering: ‘… TUR DEUS AM/ EN DA. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 3 February 2012

• KD022-029043 Cross-slab
  Description

  A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029057-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029043-: In the S transept. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 234), a gently tapering limestone slab (L 1.74m; Wth 0.49-0.57m; T 0.22m), in two pieces, is decorated in false relief with an eight-armed fleur-de-lys cross with a barred knop and the base is set on steps. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 06-02-2012

• KD022-029044 Inscribed stone
  Description

  A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029057-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029044-: Known as the ‘Pardon stone’. In the S transept. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 234-35 Fig. 106), a rectangular limestone panel (H 0.36m; Wth 0.78m; T 0.18m) is decorated on one long side and on one narrow side in false relief. The long side has a crucifixion and an Ecce Homo separated by a figure in plate armour who wears a pisane, carrys a spear, and has a sword suspended from the waist; the word CENNRIO is written beside the figure. On the left, Christ is nailed to a Latin cross with INRI above, and on either side flying angels pull long nails from his hands while another angel holds a chalice below to catch his blood. An inscription on a scroll reads: ‘TO THEM THAT DEVOUTLY SAY/ V PR NR & V AVE BEFOR THIS/ YMAGE AR GRANT XXV1 IERS & XXV1 DAYES OF PARDON’. The narrow side of the panel has a depiction of St. Michael weighing souls. (Roe 1976, 262) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 6 February 2012

• KD022-029045 Inscribed stone
  Description

  A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029057-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029045-: Known as the ‘Pardon stone’. In the S transept. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 235 Fig. 107), a sub-rectangular panel (H 0.44m; Wth 0.65m; T 0.23m) is decorated in relief with a large winged dragon whose head is twisted back on the body biting the stem of a large leafy spray. An animal head with foliage springing from the mouth is also depicted, and the panel has a mortice at the rear. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 6 February 2012

• KD022-029046 Armorial plaque
  Description

  A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029057-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029046-: According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 235-6), a broken limestone fragment (H 0.5m; Wth 0.36m; T 0.10m) is decorated with a heater shaped shield with a cross emblazoned with five scallops, the arms of Bishop Wellesley, and possibly originally part of his tomb. A partial marginal Gothic-lettered inscription in false relief reads: ‘SINIII ?EAAEY’. (Fitzgerald 1896-8c, 314) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 7 February 2012

• KD022-029047 Inscribed slab
  Description

  A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029057-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029047-: On the N side of the chancel. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 236), a coffin-shaped limestone slab (L 2.33m; Wth 0.58-0.78m; T 0.15m) is decorated in false relief with a marginal inscription in Roman capitals: ‘ORATE PRO ANIMABVS IOHANNIS LY DE RABRID ARMIGER/ ET AMY FITZGERALD/ VXORI EIVS/ COMMENDAMVS/ ANIMAS NOSTRAS IN MANVS SALVATORIS DOMINI NOSTRI IESV/ CRISTI’. There is also a Maltese cross on steps, with an inscription on the shaft: ‘DATVM V11 DIE MAY 1612 IOHANNIS LI’. There is an INRI above the cross and ‘NICC..’ at the foot. (Fitzgerald 1888-91a, 413; Price 1942, 11-12) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 7 February 2012

• KD022-029048 Graveslab
  Description

  A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029057-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029048-: Lying against the E gable wall. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 236), a worn fragment of rectangular slab (H 0.48m; Wth 0.54m; T 0.15m) is decorated in false relief with the Roman capitals C.D., and the date 161[6/8/9]. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 7 February 2012

• KD022-029049 Graveslab
  Description

  A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029057-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029049-: In the S transept. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 237), a rectangular limestone slab (L 2.06m; Wth 0.76m; T 0.14m) is decorated in low false relief with a cross and a coat of arms. The cross has expanded terminals and part of an inscription is carried on the shaft. The arms are upside down at the foot of the cross: a heater shaped shield is divided per pale with a cross saltire and a molet for a third son in the sinister, while the dexter has three birds in chief for Sutton. An inscription in Roman capitals reads: ‘MISEREMINI MEI MISEREMINI MEI SAL:/ TEMUOS AMICCI MEI IESUS: NAM/ MICHI HODIE CRAS UOBIS/ ORATE PRO ANIMABUS REDMUNDI F/ ITZGERALD ET ANNAE SUTTON U/ XOR[I]S EIUS ET PRO ANIMABUS IACOBI FITZGE/ ALD ET MARIAE WOGAN UXORIS EIUS QUI HOC/ MONUMENTUM FIERI FECERUNT/ IDEM IACOBUS OBIIT 24 IUNII 1618’. (Fitzgerald 1888-91a, 413-4; Idem. 1910-12, 97) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 7 February 2012

• KD022-029050 Graveslab
  Description

  A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029057-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029050-: According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 237-8), a large rectangular limestone slab (L 2.20m; Wth 0.90m; T 0.20m), missing a triangular section in the middle, is decorated in both relief and false relief with an undulating band of foliage and a depiction of St Michael blowing a trumpet and labelled MICHAEL ARCHA, the four evangelists with names inscribed, and an achievement of arms. A central inscription in Roman capitals reads: ‘HOC MONUMENTUM/ FIERI FECIT WALTE=/ RUS WALSHAEUS/ ARMIGER QUOND=/ AM DE KILDARE=/ ORIUNDUS EX AE=/ NTIQUA PRO SAP=/ ia de casTELHE=/ aliuu O DICTe=/ a familIAER=/ e desmond/ shao WA/ … AL/ … QUI O=/ biit 12 DIE APRILIS/ ANNO DOMINI 1621’. (Fitzgerald 1891-95a, 144-6; Price 1942, 11-12) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 7 February 2012

• KD022-029051 Graveslab
  Description

  A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029057-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029051-: In the S wall of the S transept. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 238), a rectangular limestone tablet (L 1.14m; H 0.51m; T 0.23m) within a moulded frame set on two consoles has an incised inscription in Roman lettering: ‘HERE VNDERNEATH LYETH THE BODY OF IOHN HE/ WESTON ESQ HE WAS BORNE ATT SETTRINGTON IN / YORKSHIRE AND DYED THE 2 DAY OD FEBRU 1658/ AGED 45 YEARES THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED AS A MEMORIAL OF HIM BY CHRISTIAN HIS WIF BY WHOM HE/ HAD ISSUE ONE SONNO AND tWO DAUGHTERS THE YO/UNGER DYED THE YERE OF HER AGE AND IS INTER/ED BY HER FatheR’. (Kittson 1888-91, 90) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 7 February 2012

• KD022-029052 Wall monument
  Description

  A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029057-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029052-: In the S transept. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 238-9), a square limestone block (H 0.46m; Wth 0.46m; T 0.32m) has an inscription in Roman lettering: ‘WILL L[d] BISHOP/ OF KILDARE/ AUG 3 1683’. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 7 February 2012

• KD022-029053 Graveslab
  Description

  A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029057-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029053-: Outside the E gable wall of the chancel. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 239), a small rectangular limestone piece (H 0.39m; Wth 0.48m; T 0.10m), in two fragments, has an inscription in Roman lettering: ‘HERE LYETY ye BODY OF HEN/RY LYNDALL deCEASED ye 21 OF APRIL 1688’. (Fitzgerald 1904-6b) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 7 February 2012

• KD022-029054 Graveslab
  Description

  A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029057-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029054-: On the ground at the N side of the Cathedral. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 239), a small rectangular plaque (H 0.49m; Wth 0.61m; T 0.09m) has an inscription in Roman lettering: ‘HERE LYETY THE/ BODY OF/ USSHER BELWOOD HE DE-ART/ ED THIS 14 DAY OF/ JANVARY 1691’. (Fitzgerald 1904-6b) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 7 February 2012

• KD022-029055 Wall monument
  Description

  A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029057-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029055-: On the N side of the chancel. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 239-40), a rectangular limestone slab (L 1.94m; Wth 0.98m) has an inscription in Roman lettering: ‘HERE LYES THE BODY OF ROBERT/ LEIGH COLCLOUGH ESQ SECOND/SON OF IOHN LEIGH OF RATHBRIDE/ IN THE COVNTY OF KILDARE ESQ/ HE WAS MARRIED TO MARGARET/ DAUGHTER AND HEIRESS OF SR CAESAR/ COLCLOUGH OF TINTERN BARONETT/ IN THE COVNTY OF WAXFORD/ HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 27 DAY OF MAY 1695’. (Fitzgerald 1898-90, 77-8) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 7 February 2012

• KD022-029056 Armorial plaque
  Description

  A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029057-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029056-: In the S transept. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 240), a worn limestone fragment (H 0.51m; Wth 0.32m; T 0.18m) has a two tiered tenon on top and is decorated with two representation of Christ’s body nailed to a plain Latin cross, one with M B carved above, a heater-shaped shield bearing a cross saltire and a crescent and a blank a heater-shaped shield. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 8 February 2012

• KD022-029057 Cross-inscribed stone
  Description

  A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029057-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029057-: In the N transept. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 240-41), a small limestone block (H 0.36m; Wth 0.22m; T 0.13m) has a Latin cross on a sloping foot carved in high relief on one face. The surface of the cross is decorated in low relief with foliage on the arms, pocking in the centre, and the shaft has a herring-bone pattern. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 8 February 2012

• KD022-029058 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 216-7), the curvilinear course of some of Kildare town’s streets possibly reflects the lines of early monastic enclosures. Their interpretation sees the line of a possible enclosure reflected in the curve of Nugent St., off Market Sq., which continues as a visible cropmark on an aerial photograph to the N of the cathedral (KD022-029005-), while the S-limits of the enclosure might have been formed by the present Claregate St. An outer enclosure line is suggested by the curving course of Priest’s Lane, Academy St., St. Brigid’s Square and Convent Rd., while the outline of the graveyard (KD022-029003-) may reflect a third, innermost enclosure. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 8 February 2012

• KD022-029059 Building
  Description

  In a graveyard (KD022-029003-), immediately E of St Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 223 Fig. 96), a small rectangular (L 4.35m N-S; Wth 3.1m) barrel-vaulted with wicker-work centering, underground chamber is entered from the W through a rectangular ope reached via 11 steps from present ground level above. The flagged floor appears to have been raised. A flat-lintelled window with internal splay in the S wall shows that the structure originally stood above ground level. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 8 February 2012

• KD022-029060 Architectural fragment
  Description

  A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones, architectural fragments and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029058- and KD022-029060-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in and at St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029060-: According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 224), among the architectural fragments collected are a possible altar stone (L 1.48m; Wth 0.6m; T 0.24m) incised with a plain Latin cross; a centre window spandrel (H 0.31m; Wth 0.56m; T 0.25m) of a sandstone, twin-light, cusped ogee-headed window, grooved for glass; a limestone window head (H0.27m; Wth 0.3m; T 0.15m) with undecorated hollow spandrels; and a piscina comprising an almost square limestone block (H 0.39m; Wth 0.36m; T 0.18m) with a shallow circular bowl (diam. 0.2m), formed by radiating concave scallops tapering towards a central drainage hole. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 8 February 2012

• KD022-029061 Graveyard
  Description

  Located to the WNW of St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-), just S of the modern Carmelite church (which contains late medieval limestone panels: (KD022-029062-, KD022-029063-, KD022-029064-, KD022-029065- and KD022-029066-), and the probable location of the now levelled Carmelite Priory of St Mary (KD022-029007-). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 8 February 2012

• KD022-029062 Tomb - unclassified
  Description

  Late medieval limestone panels (KD022-029062-, KD022-029063-, KD022-029064-, KD022-029065- and KD022-029066-) set in the N transept wall of the modern Carmelite church may have originated in the earlier Carmelite Friary (KD022-029007-) immediately to the S, however, acording to Bradley et al. (1986 Vol. 3, 244-6), they are said to have come from the Franciscan Friary (KD022-029006-). KD022-029062-: two rectangular end panels from a 16th century tomb; one (H 0.72m; Wth 0.66m) decorated in false relief with a depiction of Christ stripped of his garment, crowned with thorns and tied hand and foot, with an incised Roman capital inscription ‘ECCE HOMO’ (Hunt 1974, no. 84, pl. 234); the second panel (H 0.73m; Wth 0.66m) decorated in false relief with a crucifixion in an ogee-headed panel: Christ is nailed to a Latin cross, and is flanked by John and Mary (Hunt 1974, no. 83, pl. 233). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 8 February 2012

• KD022-029063 Tomb - chest tomb
  Description

  Late medieval limestone panels (KD022-029062-, KD022-029063-, KD022-029064-, KD022-029065- and KD022-029066-) set in the N transept wall of the modern Carmelite church may have originated in the earlier Carmelite Friary (KD022-029007-) immediately to the S, however, acording to Bradley et al. (1986 Vol. 3, 244-6), they are said to have come from the Franciscan Friary (KD022-029006-). KD022-029063---- is a 16th century broken panel (H 0.42m; Wth 0.29m) decorated in false relief with the upper part of a figure holding a patriarchal cross in the right hand, set in an ogee-headed panel. (Hunt 1974, 160, 243) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 8 February 2012

• KD022-029064 Inscribed stone
  Description

  Late medieval limestone panels (KD022-029062-, KD022-029063-, KD022-029064-, KD022-029065- and KD022-029066-) set in the N transept wall of the modern Carmelite church may have originated in the earlier Carmelite Friary (KD022-029007-) immediately to the S, however, acording to Bradley et al. (1986 Vol. 3, 244-6), they are said to have come from the Franciscan Friary (KD022-029006-). KD022-029064---- is a rectangular panel (H 0.4m; Wth 0.6m) decorated with an animal in high relief. The head is turned back against the body with bared teeth and curved snout. The hair on the back is curled, the tail is foliated and the feet are clawed. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 9 February 2012

• KD022-029065 Tomb - chest tomb
  Description

  Late medieval limestone panels (KD022-029062-, KD022-029063-, KD022-029064-, KD022-029065- and KD022-029066-) set in the N transept wall of the modern Carmelite church may have originated in the earlier Carmelite Friary (KD022-029007-) immediately to the S, however, acording to Bradley et al. (1986 Vol. 3, 244-6), they are said to have come from the Franciscan Friary (KD022-029006-). KD022-029065- is a rectangular panel (H 0.49m; Wth 0.61m) decorated in relief with undulating grape vine on the left and two animals. On the right is a centaur-like figure with a man’s head and long beard, a long neck and body with two human hind legs. The knotted tail ends in a fleur-de-lys. There is a small animal, possibly a monkey, at the base of the panel. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 9 February 2012

• KD022-029066 Inscribed stone
  Description

  Late medieval limestone panels (KD022-029062-, KD022-029063-, KD022-029064-, KD022-029065- and KD022-029066-) set in the N transept wall of the modern Carmelite church may have originated in the earlier Carmelite Friary (KD022-029007-) immediately to the S, however, acording to Bradley et al. (1986 Vol. 3, 244-6), they are said to have come from the Franciscan Friary (KD022-029006-). KD022-029066- is a small rectangular panel (H 0.29m; Wth 0.20m) decorated in relief with an angel in a round-necked, pleated garment, wearing a head-band, and with hands joined. Possibly a depiction of St. Gabriel or St. Michael. (Hunt 1974, 160, no. 85) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 9 February 2012

• KD022-029067 Graveyard
  Description

  On low-lying ground to the SW of Kildare town (KD022-029001-) and containing Grey Abbey, a Franciscan Friary (KD022-029006-). A possible holy well (KD022-030----) lies outside the graveyard’s W wall. A roughly rectangular area (L c. 95m E-W; Wth c. 75m) enclosed by a mortared stone wall, the SW limits of which are formed by the S wall and W gable wall of the Grey Abbey. The earliest legible burial markers appear to date to the 19th century. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 9 February 2012

• KD022-029069 Architectural feature
  Description

  According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 253-4), a folly, comprising a D-shaped turret and length of wall, incorporates medieval windows and window jambs: two ogee-headed, chamfered limestone windows, one with hollow spandrels, and five incomplete rectangular granite windows; three with chamfered and two with rounded jambs. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 9 February 2012

• KD022-029070 Tomb - effigial
  Description

  The present location of a 13th century limestone slab (dims. L 2.14m; Wth 0.36m; T 0.12m) with an incised figure of a woman, an inscription (now incomplete), which was added in the 16th century and an eight-armed cross with Fleur-de-lis terminals in relief (on the underside), dated to the second half of the 13th century, which is now in Kildare Market House. (JKAS 1972, 136-40; Hunt 1974, 154). Its original location is recorded as being at a church (KD014-016----) and graveyard (KD014-016001-) in Castledillon Upper townland - see KD014-016002-. (Bradley et al. 1986 vol. 3, 254) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 9 February 2012

• KD022-029071 Architectural feature
  Description

  According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 254), this is a Fitzgerald mantelpiece, dated 1619, which came from Ballyshannon Castle (KD028-058001-). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 9February 2012

• KD022-029072 Armorial plaque
  Description

  According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 254), two plaques; one bearing the Fitzgerald coat of arms and dated 1602, the second plaque dated 1620. Both came from Ballyshannon Castle (KD028-058001-). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 9 February 2012

• KD022-029074 Burial
  Description

  In 1990, human remains comprising a skull and skeletal fragments were noticed in the section face of an earthen field boundary. The remains were apparently lying in a depression in the field bank and were associated with some animal bone and a thin stratum of charcoal-like matter. The field to the E contains a green space which is known locally as a burial ground, which consequently has not been developed. (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol 2, 483) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 9 February 2012

• KD022-029075 Sheela-na-gig (present location)
  Description

  A Sheela-na-gig carved on the underside of a capital on the tomb of Bishop Wellesley (d. 1539) (KD022-029034-) which was originally located (KD023-016002-), at Great Connell Priory (KD023-016----), and has since been re-erected in Kildare Cathedral (KD022-029005-)(Freitag 2004, 134). This Sheela-na-gig was described by Freitag (op. cit.) as being ‘carved on slab; head cut off; arms splayed out with hands joining over pudenda; legs widely splayed, knees bent’. See attached screenshot of 3D model of Sheela-na-gig created by Digital Heritage Age. 3D model can be accessed on the Sketchfab website at: https://skfb.ly/6tEGq Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 24 May 2012

• KD022-030 Well
  Description

  In a low-lying marshy area to the W of the Grey Abbey (KD022-029006-). In the late-1970's, according to Jackson (1979-80, 156), it was not regarded locally as being a holy well. In 2004 and 2005, archaeological test excavation (Licence nos. 04E0233 and 04E0233 ext.) in advance of a proposed large development in the area resulted in two trenches being excavated across the well site. The stratigraphy of the well comprised a 0.1m deposit of topsoil overlying a leached white clay subsoil. Large quantities of modern debris, including metal, glass and plastic, were incorporated into the topsoil. The remains of a wall foundation was identified in the trenches, and fragments of walling were also identified within the well. The excavation followed the course of a naturally eroded streambed, which terminated in the south in the area of the well. Friar’s Well was therefore not a well but a pool at the end of this stream. The ‘well’ was created by defining the western bank of the stream through the construction of a low limestone block wall, which was capped with flagstones. The ‘well’ could not be relied on as a water source, for, as seen through the excavation even in winter, it only occasionally retained water and over a three-month excavation period was predominantly a dry feature. The wall would therefore have functioned to define the water source to prolong its periods of water retention. No datable evidence was retrieved from the excavation of the well, but it is probable that it was constructed during the expansion of the friary in 1350. (Dennehy E. 2007, No. 831, 198-9; Dennehy E. 2008, No. 753, 184-5) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 8 February 2012

• KD022-114 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In 2005, a fulacht fia pit (L 1.8m N-S; Wth 1.25m; D 0.48m) was discovered and archaeologically excavated (Licence no. 04E0233 ext.) in advance of a large commercial development in 'Field 2' at Grey Abbey (KD022-029006-). It was infilled with three deposits of burnt sandstone in a charcoal matrix. (Dennehy E. 2008, No. 757, 184-5) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 23 January 2012

• KD022-115 Burial
  Description

  In 2005, archaeological excavation (Licence no. 04E0233 ext.) in advance of a large commercial development in 'Field 1' at Grey Abbey (KD022-029006-) uncovered the cremation burial of a juvenile and an associated marker post. This burial deposit was sealed with a 0.1m-thick capping layer of brown clay mottled with orange redeposited subsoil. A 2 sigma calibrated 14C date of 1142–1310 BC was obtained from the charcoal of the burial deposit. A number of additional posts and immediately to the E were also excavated and may also be of prehistoric date. (Dennehy E. 2008, No. 757, 184-5) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 23 January 2012

• KD022-116 Kiln
  Description

  In 2005, archaeological excavation (Licence no. 04E0233 ext.) in advance of a large commercial development in ‘Field 1’ at Grey Abbey (KD022-029006-) uncovered an Iron Age kiln, preserved beneath the remains of an earthen platform. It was figure-of-eight in plan and measured 2.7m in length. The fire bowl, located to the S, measured 0.75m N-S by 0.57m by 0.9m in depth. A 2 sigma radiocarbon determination of 196–4 BC was obtained. The remainder of the platform was not excavated. (Dennehy E. 2008, No. 757, 184-5) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 23 January 2012

• KD022-118 Burial ground
  Description

  In September 2014, previously unrecorded burials were discovered during site works in advance of a development on Hospital St., Kildare town. The discovery was reported to the relevant authorities and an archaeological investigation of the area occurred (pers. comm. Mr. Rob O’Hara, Archer Heritage Planning Ltd.). Thirty six burials were discovered within an area measuring c. 30m x c. 20m on a SW-facing hill-slope. Twenty one were relatively complete burials; eight were partially complete burials and seven were ex-situ disarticulated spreads of bone perhaps from multiple sources and which appeared to be located on the path of furrows running NW-SE across the site. Some may have been reburied bone. Most in-situ bone was fragmented or truncated to some degree. Disarticulated bone was collected from topsoil during stripping and clean-up. There were distinct clusters of burials some with different orientation perhaps indicating different groups of burials over a number of generations. The burials were almost exclusively adult, with one older juvenile and other potential juveniles. No neonates were noted. The majority were supine extended burials with different placement of hands and arms. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 03 October 2014

Architectural heritage

• Monument, 1930–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cut-limestone Celtic High Cross-style monument, erected 1935, on inscribed pedestal on inscribed stepped base. Set on wedge-shaped site with shamrock-detailed wrought iron railings to perimeter.

• 1798 Monument, monument, 1970–1980 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding monument, unveiled 1973; installed 1976, on inscribed cut-limestone pedestal on stepped base. Street fronted on a corner site.

• Kildare Market House, market house, 1815–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey former market house with half-attic, built 1817, on a symmetrical plan originally with round-headed open arcade to ground floor. Extensively renovated, c.2000, to accommodate use as offices. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Louvered timber cupola, c.2000, to ridge on a square plan with elongated pyramidal roof having iron weathervane to apex. Cut-stone coping to gables. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Replacement cement render, c.2000, to ground floor. Unpainted. Round-headed recessed panel to side elevation to south (possibly originally window opening). Rendered stringcourse to first floor. Squared rubble stone walls to first floor. Yellow brick English Garden Wall bond walls to first floor side elevations to north and to south. Cut-stone date stone/plaque to side elevation to south. Round-headed openings to ground floor originally open arcade. Cut-stone surrounds with block-and-start detailing to arches. Replacement fixed-pane timber windows, c.2000, with glazed timber double doors, c.2000, to opening to centre. Lunette openings to first floor. Yellow brick dressings. Blocked-up, c.2000, and rendered. Round-headed openings to gables to side elevations. Stone sills. Replacement louvered timber panelled fittings, c.2000. Sited on an island site. Concrete flagged and concrete brick cobbled square to site.

• Lamp standard, 1940–1960 · Regional interest
  Description

  Group of four freestanding cast-iron lamp standards, c.1950, comprising fluted shafts on pedestals having moulded necking surmounted by lamp having decorative iron capping.

• House, 1880–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace four-bay two-storey yellow brick house, c.1885, with gabled end bay to left (north-west). Renovated, c.1925, with timber pubfront inserted to right ground floor. Extensively renovated, c.1990. Now in use as offices to first floor. Gable-ended roof on a T-shaped plan. Replacement artificial slate, c.1990. Red clay ridge tiles. Yellow brick chimney stacks with red brick dressings. Cut-stone coping to gables. Exposed timber eaves. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Yellow brick Flemish bond walls. Red brick dressings including stringcourses (one forming eaves course) and pointed-arch relieving arch to gabled end bay. Shallow segmental-headed window openings. Stone sills. Red brick dressings. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990. Pointed-arch door opening. Red brick dressings. Cut-stone hood moulding over. Timber panelled door. Overlight. Timber shopfront, c.1925, to right ground floor with pilasters, fixed-pane display windows and glazed timber double doors having fascia over with hood moulding. Road fronted. Tarmacadam verge to front.

• Verger's House, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey former rectory, built 1864-5, on a symmetrical plan with round-headed door opening to centre. Extensively renovated and extended, c.1990, comprising single-bay two-storey return to rear to north-east. Now in private residential use. Gable-ended roof (hipped to return). Replacement artificial slate, c.1990. Concrete ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stack. Concrete coping to gables. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.1990, on rendered eaves course. Coursed squared rubble limestone wall to front (south-west) elevation. Cut-stone quoins to corners. Rendered walls to remainder (cement rendered to return). Unpainted. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills (concrete to return). Yellow brick block-and-start surrounds. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990. Round-headed door opening. Yellow brick surround. Replacement timber panelled door, c.1990. Replacement sidelights and spoked fanlight, c.1990. Road fronted. Tarmacadam verge to front.

• Saint Brigid's Cathedral, cathedral, 1890–1900 · National interest
  Description

  Detached nine-bay double-height Gothic Revival Church of Ireland Cathedral, built 1890-6, on a cruciform plan incorporating fabric of earlier church, 1223, and subsequent reconstructions comprising six-bay double-height nave with single-bay double-height transepts to north and to south, two-bay double-height chancel to east and single-bay three-stage tower to crossing on a square plan having battlemented roof parapet wall. Reroofed, 1996. Gable-ended roofs behind battlemented parapet walls. Replacement slate, 1996. Clay ridge tiles. Cut-stone coping to gables. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Roof to tower not visible behind battlemented parapet wall. Random rubble stone walls. Stone dressings including intermediary piers to nave with cut-stone quoins, lancet-arch relieving arches, profiled buttresses with cut-stone quoins, battlemented parapet walls (some on dentilated cornices), and crow-stepped gable to chancel to east having cross finial to apex. Cut-stone quoins to corner to tower. Cut-stone stringcourse to top stage with rubble stone parapet wall over. Lancet-arch window openings (in tripartite arrangement to gables). Cut-stone block-and-start surrounds with chamfered reveals. Fixed-pane windows. Pointed-arch apertures to top stage to tower with cut-stone surrounds. Louvered fittings. Elliptical-headed door opening to elevation to east to transept to south (with traces of gable over). Cut-stone surround with carved motif to head. Tongue-and-groove timber panelled door. Full-height interior open into roof. Mosaic-tiled floors to aisles and to crossing. Carved timber pews. Exposed rubble stone internal walls. Stained glass windows. Exposed timber roof construction. Lancet-arches to crossing on corbels. Decorative Gothic-style reredos to chancel. Set back from road in own grounds.Freestanding single-bay seven-stage round tower, c.1150, to north-west on a circular plan with battlemented roof parapet wall. Random rubble stone walls. Cut-stone stringcourse to top stage with rubble stone battlemented parapet wall over. Round-headed openings. Cut-stone surrounds. Fittings not visible.Graveyard to site with various cut-stone grave markers, c.1700-c.1950.Gateway, c.1895, to south-east comprising pair of cut-stone piers with cut-stone capping having cast-iron double gates with spear-head finials, iron gas lamp holder over, pair of square-headed flanking pedestrian gateways with iron gates, and random rubble stone flanking boundary wall.

• Water pump, 1890–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, c.1880, comprising fluted shaft with lion mask spout, moulded necking with handle having ball finial, and fluted ogee dome over with acorn finial. Now disused. Set back from line of road on gravel verge.

• The Cottage, house, 1830–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey cottage, c.1850, possibly originally thatched. Extensively renovated and extended, c.1960, comprising single-bay single-storey flat-roofed end bay to right (south-east) continuing into two-bay single-storey return to rear to north-east. Gable-ended roof. Replacement corrugated-iron, c.1960. Iron ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Rendered coping to gables. Cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves course. Flat-roofed to end bay and to return. Bitumen felt. Roughcast walls (probably replacement). Painted. Square-headed openings. Stone sills (concrete to additional ranges). Replacement timber casement windows, c.1960. Brick (painted) surround, c1960, to door opening. Replacement glazed timber panelled door, c.1980. Set back from road in own grounds. Rubble stone boundary wall to front.

• House, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace four-bay two-storey house, c.1880, originally two separate two-bay two-storey houses retaining early fenestration. Renovated and amalgamated, c.1960, with door opening to right remodelled. Now disused. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves course. Roughcast walls (possibly replacement, c.1960). Unpainted. Square-headed openings (second door opening remodelled, c.1960, to accommodate use as window opening). Stone sills. 2/2 timber sash windows (replacement timber window, c.1960, to remodelled opening). Replacement glazed timber door, c.1960, with overlight. Road fronted.

• Fitzpatrick, office, 1930–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace five-bay two-storey building, c.1925, on a corner site with rendered shopfronts to ground floor having offices over. Reroofed and refenestrated, c.1970. Gable-ended roof on an L-shaped plan (with hipped section to corner). Replacement fibre-cement slate, c.1970. Concrete ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Timber eaves. Replacement plastic rainwater goods, c.1970. Rendered walls. Ruled and lined to ground floor with sections of channelling continuing into first floor. Unpainted. Square-headed openings (some remodelled, c.1970). Concrete sills. Replacement timber casement windows, c.1970 (replacement fixed-pane timber display windows to shopfronts to ground floor having raised lettering over to shopfront to left). Replacement glazed timber doors, c.1970. Square-headed door opening to centre in rendered advanced entrance bay. Replacement glazed timber door, c.1970, with sidelights. Road fronted on a corner site. Concrete footpath to front.

• Gates/railings/walls, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Sections of cast-iron railings, c.1840, on rendered plinth wall having decorative finials.

• House, 1830–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay two-storey house, c.1850, retaining some early fenestration with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch and single-bay single-storey canted bay window to right ground floor. Renovated, c.1980, with timber pubfront inserted to left ground floor. Gable-ended roof behind parapet wall with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat-roof to porch. Materials not visible behind parapet wall. Rendered walls. Ruled and lined. Painted. Rendered dressings including quoins, frieze and moulded cornice having blocking course to parapet wall. Replacement Running bond brick (painted), c.1980, to left ground floor and to porch. Moulded rendered cornice to porch with decorative iron cresting over. Square-headed window openings (including to canted bay windows). Rendered sills. Moulded rendered surrounds. 1/1 timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening to porch. Timber surround, c.1980, with fluted pilasters having consoles and iron lamp holders over. Replacement glazed timber door, c.1980, with sidelights and overlight. Timber pubfront, c.1980, to left ground floor with fluted pilasters having consoles, timber casement display windows and timber panelled door having overlight and timber fascia over with cornice. Road fronted. Concrete brick cobbled footpath to front.

• Southwells, house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced five-bay two-storey house, c.1820, possibly originally two separate two- and three-bay two-storey houses retaining early fenestration with round-headed door opening and originally with square-headed integral carriageway to right ground floor. Renovated, c.1840, with timber shopfront inserted to ground floor. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves course. Rendered walls. Painted. Square-headed window openings to first floor. Rendered sills. Early 6/6 timber sash windows. Round-headed door opening. Moulded rendered Gibbsian surround. Timber panelled door. Overlight. Timber shopfront, c.1840, to ground floor (incorporating former integral carriageway to right ground floor) with pilasters, fixed-pane timber display windows (probably replacement) and glazed timber doors having overlights and fascia over with moulded beaded cornice. Road fronted. Concrete brick cobbled footpath to front.

• Chalk House, house, 1920–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey double-pile house, c.1930, originally in commercial use to right ground floor. Renovated and refenestrated, c.1990. Now disused. Gable-ended double-pile (M-profile) roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stack. Cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves course. Rendered wall to front (south-west) elevation. Channelled. Unpainted. Rendered dressings including strip to corner, panelled fascia to first floor and course to eaves. Rendered walls to remainder. Unpainted. Square-headed window openings. Concrete sills. Decorative surrounds to first floor. Replacement timber casement windows, c.1990 (replacement fixed-pane timber display window, c.1990, to right ground floor). Replacement timber panelled door, c.1990. Road fronted. Concrete brick cobbled footpath to front. Laneway along side elevation to north-west.

• House, 1925–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey building, dated 1926, with render pubfront to ground floor. Reroofed and part refenestrated, c.1990. Gable-ended roof. Replacement fibre-cement slate, c.1990. Concrete ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves course with sections of replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.1990. Roughcast walls. Painted. Rendered date stone to first floor with moulded rendered surround. Square-headed window openings to first floor. Concrete sills. Rendered surrounds. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990. Render pubfront to ground floor with panelled piers, fixed-pane decorative timber windows and glazed timber doors having overlights and render fascia over with moulded cornice, blocking course with piers and shallow gabled feature to centre. Road fronted. Concrete brick cobbled footpath to front.

• House, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, c.1900, with timber shopfront to ground floor. Reroofed and refenestrated, c.1990. Now disused. Gable-ended roof. Replacement artificial slate, c.1990. Concrete ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.1990, on rendered eaves course. Rendered walls. Painted. Rendered quoins to ends. Moulded rendered course to eaves. Square-headed window openings to first floor. Stone sills. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990. Timber shopfront to ground floor with fluted pilasters, fixed-pane timber display windows and glazed timber door having timber fascia over with consoles and moulded cornice. Road fronted. Concrete brick cobbled footpath to front.

• Dooras House, monument, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted cut-stone plaque, c.1800, with inscription.

• House, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace two-bay two-storey yellow brick house with dormer attic, c.1880, on a corner site retaining early fenestration with rendered shopfront to ground floor and two-bay two-storey side elevation to west. Now disused. One of a group of three. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Red brick chimney stack (shared). Rendered coping to gable. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Yellow brick Flemish bond walls. Red brick dressings including ‘quoins’ to corner. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Red brick dressings. 2/2 timber sash windows. Render shopfront to ground floor with fixed-pane display window and glazed timber panelled door having overlight and timber fascia over. Road fronted on a corner site. Concrete brick cobbled footpath to front.

• House, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey yellow brick house, c.1880. Refenestrated, c.1990. One of a group of three. Gable-ended roof (shared) with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Red brick chimney stack (shared). Cast-iron rainwater goods. Yellow brick Flemish bond walls. Shallow segmental-headed window openings. Stone sills. Red brick dressings. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990. Shallow segmental-headed door opening. Red brick dressings. Timber panelled door. Overlight. Road fronted. Concrete brick cobbled footpath to front.

• House, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pair of semi-detached two-bay single-storey cottages, c.1850. Now disused and part derelict. Gable-ended roof (shared) with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Red brick chimney stacks. Remains of cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast walls. Unpainted. Square-headed openings. Stone sills. Openings now boarded-up. Road fronted. Tarmacadam footpath to front.

• M.J. McEnerney, house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace four-bay two-storey house, c.1800, originally detached retaining early fenestration. Renovated and extended, c.1970, comprising single-bay two-storey lean-to lower return to rear to west having three-bay single-storey flat-roofed flanking range to south. Now in part commercial use to ground floor. Gable-ended roof (continuing into lean-to section to return to rear (west)). Replacement artificial slate, c.1970. Concrete ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves course. Flat-roofed to additional range to rear (west). Bitumen felt. Rendered wall to front (east) elevation. Ruled and lined. Painted. Rendered walls to remainder. Unpainted. Square-headed window openings (one remodelled, c.1970, to ground floor). Stone sills (concrete to additional ranges). 2/2 timber sash windows (replacement fixed-pane timber window, c.1970, to remodelled opening with timber casement windows, c.1970, to additional ranges). Square-headed door opening. Replacement timber panelled door, c.1990. Road fronted. Concrete footpath to front.Detached four-bay single-storey outbuilding, c.1800, to west on an L-shaped plan comprising three-bay single-storey range with single-bay single-storey projecting end bay to left having square-headed integral carriageway. Part reroofed, c.1970. Hipped roof on an L-shaped plan with slate. Sections of replacement artificial slate, c.1970. Clay ridge tiles. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Random rubble stone walls. Painted. Square-headed openings (including integral carriageway). Timber lintels. Timber fittings.

• Abbey House, house, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay two-storey house, c.1870, probably originally detached on a symmetrical plan retaining early fenestration with round-headed door opening to centre ground floor. Extended, c.1980, comprising three-bay single-storey flat-roofed parallel range along rear elevation to west. Now disused. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves course. Flat-roofed to additional range. Bitumen felt. Roughcast walls. Painted. Rendered walls to additional range. Painted. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills (concrete to additional range). Early 2/2 timber sash windows (timber casement windows to additional range). Round-headed door opening. Replacement timber panelled door, c.1980. Overlight. Road fronted. Tarmacadam verge to front.

• Factory, 1935–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached ten-bay double-height factory, built 1936, on a corner site on an almost-symmetrical plan comprising four-bay double-height flat-roofed central block with two-bay double-height flanking roofed flanking bays, single-bay double-height end bay to left (east) having single-bay full-height canted bay window, single-bay double-height end bay to right (west), and ten-bay double-height range to rear to south. Renovated, c.1950, with six-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting entrance block added to centre. Part refenestrated, c.1990. Now in commercial use. Flat-roofed to original entrance block behind parapet walls. Materials not visible. Gable-ended (saw-tooth) roofs to range to south with corrugated-asbestos. Concrete ridge tiles. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat-roofed to additional entrance block. Bitumen felt. Rendered and roughcast walls. Painted. Rendered parapet walls to original entrance block with moulded rendered coping. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Some original iron casement windows. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990, to remainder. Oculus widows to gables to range to south. Fixed-pane iron windows. Square-headed door openings. Timber panelled double doors. Overlights. Set back from road in own grounds on a corner site. Section of cast-iron railings to front (north) on rendered plinth wall having rendered piers.

• Water pump, 1890–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, c.1880, comprising fluted shaft with lion mask spout, moulded necking with handle having ball finial, and fluted ogee dome over with acorn finial. Now disused. Set back from line of road on concrete footpath.

• De La Salle National School, monastery, 1880–1885 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay two-storey house, dated 1884, originally three-bay two-storey retaining early fenestration with single-bay two-storey return to rear to north. Extended, c.1935, comprising three-bay two-storey wing to left (west) forming present six-bay front. Hipped roofs with slate (gabled to window opening to rear elevation to north in form of half-dormer attic). Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves course. Rendered walls. Ruled and lined. Painted. Cut-granite quoins to corners. Cut-stone date stone/plaque. Square-headed window openings (pointed-arch window opening to first floor rear (north) elevation in form of half-dormer attic). Early 2/2 timber sash windows (traceried (two-light) timber window to pointed-arch opening with lancet-arch frames having oculus to arch and stained glass fittings). Square-headed door opening. Moulded rendered surround. Glazed timber panelled door with stained glass overlight. Set back from road in own landscaped grounds.Gateway, c.1885, to south-east comprising pair of piers with cut-stone capping having cast-iron double gates with stylised cross finials.

• Abbey View House, house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, c.1800, on a symmetrical plan retaining some early fenestration with segmental-headed door opening to centre ground floor. Extended, c.1950, comprising single-bay single-storey flat-roofed return to rear to north. Reroofed, c.1990. Now in use as training centre. Gable-ended roof. Replacement artificial slate, c.1990. Rendered chimney stacks. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.1990, on eaves course. Flat-roofed to return. Materials not visible. Roughcast walls. Painted. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. 1/1 timber sash windows (probably replacement). Segmental-headed door opening. Rendered surround. Replacement uPVC door, c.1990. Overlight. Set back from line of road. Roughcast boundary wall to front.

• Saint Brigid's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1830–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay double-height Catholic church, dated 1833, on a T-shaped plan with round-headed openings and two-bay double-height lower transepts to north-east and to south-east. Renovated, 1851, with single-bay three-stage tower added to west on a square plan with single-bay two-stage polygonal tower over having dome. Reordered and extended, c.1975, comprising four-bay single-storey flat-roofed side aisle along elevation to north with single-bay single-storey bowed projecting baptistery to centre, and single-bay double-height flat-roofed transept to south with chamfered corners. Hipped gabled roof with slate (gable-ended to transepts). Clay ridge tiles. Cut-stone coping to gables. Cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves course. Dome to tower on moulded cornice. Materials not discerned. Ball finial to apex with cross motif. Flat-roofed to additional ranges behind parapet walls. Materials not visible. Roughcast walls. Unpainted. Rendered dressings including quoins to corners. Rendered walls to elevation to west and to tower. Rendered quoins to corners. Cut-stone quoins to corners to tower. Cut-stone dressings including stringcourses and surround to gable forming ‘pediment’. Limestone ashlar walls to third stage to tower and to polygonal tower over. Cut-stone plaques. Moulded stringcourse and cornice to third stage. Iron clock faces to top stage to polygonal tower in cut-stone surrounds. Moulded cornice over. Round-headed window openings to nave. Rendered sills. Moulded rendered surrounds. Moulded rendered open bed pediments over on consoles. Fixed-pane timber windows. Round-headed window openings to transepts. Rendered sills. Moulded rendered surrounds. 2/2 timber sash windows with margins and fixed-pane overlights. Round-headed openings to tower (some blind to second stage). Stone sills. Cut-stone block-and-start surrounds to second stage. Fixed-pane window (possibly with stained glass). Cut-stone surrounds to openings to first stage to polygonal tower. Louvered fittings. Square-headed door opening. Moulded cut-stone entablature on consoles. Timber panelled doors. Shallow segmental-headed openings to additional range to north. Concrete sills. Fixed-pane timber windows with stained glass fittings. No openings to additional transept to south. Full-height interior reordered, c.1975. Moulded plaster surrounds to openings including pointed-arch architraves to window openings to former chancel to east on moulded cornice. Coved compartmentalised plaster ceiling. Replacement loose fittings, c.1975. Set back from road in own grounds on a corner site. Tarmacadam forecourt to front (west). Roughcast boundary wall to site with rendered piers having cross motifs and sections of iron railings.

• Presentation Convent, convent/nunnery, 1825–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached nine-bay two-storey over part-raised basement convent, built 1829, originally detached on a symmetrical plan comprising five-bay two-storey central block with single-bay two-storey breakfront having bellcote over, single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch approached by flight of steps, two-bay two-storey gabled advanced flanking end bays, three-bay two-storey side elevation to west and single-bay two-storey return to rear to north. Extended, c.1920, comprising three-bay two-storey over basement return to rear to north. Refenestrated and extended, c.1990, comprising four-bay single-storey wing to left (west) possibly incorporating fabric of earlier range with two-bay two-storey lean-to linking bay to right (east) having round-headed integral carriageway to ground floor. Hipped and gable-ended (gable-fronted) roofs with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat-roofed to porch behind blocking course. Materials not visible. Hipped roof to additional return with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves course. Gable-ended and lean-to roofs to additional wing to west. Artificial slate. Clay ridge tiles. Timber eaves. uPVC rainwater goods. Rendered walls to front (south) elevation. Ruled and lined. Painted. Rendered dressings including quoins to corners, stringcourses to each floor and surrounds to gables forming ‘pediments’. Rendered dressings to breakfront including fluted pilasters with plain frieze over having moulded cornice, panelled blocking course with cut-stone coping and bellcote over with cast-iron bell and cross finial. Rendered dressings to porch including channelled corner piers having moulded cornice over with blocking course. Rendered walls to remainder. Painted. Roughcast walls to additional return. Unpainted. Rendered walls to additional wing. Unpainted. Square-headed window openings. Rendered sills. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990, retaining fixed-pane timber windows to porch having stained glass fittings. Square-headed door opening to porch. Timber panelled doors. Round-headed window openings to additional wing with round-headed recessed flanking niches. Rendered string/sill course to ground floor. Rendered sills to first floor linking bay. uPVC casement windows. Round-headed integral carriageway. Iron gate. Set back from road in own landscaped grounds. Tarmacadam forecourt to front.

• Presentation Convent, school, 1900–1905 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay double-height national school, dated 1902, on a U-shaped plan retaining early aspect comprising four-bay double-height central block with lean-to cast-iron arcaded veranda along front (west) elevation, single-bay double-height gabled projecting flanking end bays and single-bay single-storey lean-to return to rear to east having two-bay single-storey flat-roofed wing (parallel to main block). Hipped and gable-ended (gable-fronted) roofs with slate (lean-to to return). Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves course. Lean-to roof to veranda. Glazed in cast-iron frame. Flat-roofed to wing to rear (east). Materials not visible. Rendered walls. Ruled and lined. Unpainted. Rendered dressings including quoins to corners, moulded rendered course to eaves and moulded rendered stringcourses to gables having moulded surrounds forming pediments with decorative terracotta panels to tympanums. Cut-stone date stone/plaque. Shallow segmental-headed window openings to central block. Rendered sills. 2/2 timber sash windows. Round-headed window openings to gabled end bays in tripartite arrangement. Rendered block-and-start surrounds to front (west) elevation. 2/2 timber sash windows (1/1 sidelights) with fixed-pane overlights. Square-headed door opening in advanced timber doorcase to north elevation of gabled projecting end bay to right (south). Glazed timber panelled double doors. Fixed-pane timber sidelights. Round-headed open arcade to veranda on cast-iron pillars having decorative brackets. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set in partitioned grounds shared with Presentation Convent complex with side (south) elevation fronting on to road, and central block elevated on rendered base approached by flight of steps having cast-iron piers and decorative iron railings.Section of decorative cast-iron railings, c.1905, to west on cut-stone plinth wall with decorative finials, cast-iron piers and decorative cast-iron double gates.

• Saint Brigid's National School, school, 1935–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay double-height national school, built 1937, retaining early fenestration with three-bay single-storey flat-roofed return to rear to north-east having single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to east, and three-bay single-storey flat-roofed return to rear to north-west. Gable-ended roof. Clay tiles. Clay ridge tiles. Louvered vents to ridge. Timber eaves and bargeboards. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat-roofed to returns. Materials not visible. Rendered walls. Ruled and lined. Unpainted. Square-headed window openings to front (south) elevation in groups comprising tripartite arrangement with single sidelights. Rendered sills and surrounds with chamfered reveals. 4/4 timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings to remainder. Rendered sills. Timber casement windows. Square-headed door opening. Tongue-and-groove timber panelled door. Set back from line of road. Rendered boundary wall to site with sections of iron railings over.

• Kilgowan Lodge, goods shed, 1865–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey double-pile over part-raised basement former medical officer’s house (infirmary), built 1866, with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to centre approached by flight of steps, two-bay two-storey side elevation to south, two-bay two-storey rear elevation to east and three-bay two-storey side elevation to north. Extended, c.1950, comprising two-bay single-storey flat-roofed advanced bay to side elevation to north with door opening over approached by flight of iron steps. Reroofed, c.1990. Now in private residential use. Hipped double-pile (M-profile) roof. Replacement artificial slate, c.1990. Concrete ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Replacement timber eaves, c.1990. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods. Flat-roofed to porch behind parapet wall. Materials not visible. Flat-roofed to advanced bay to north. Concrete with iron railings over. Broken coursed squared rubble stone walls. Cut-stone stringcourse to basement. Cut-stone quoins to corners. Cut-stone dressings to porch including paired corner pilasters with frieze and moulded cornice over having balustraded parapet wall over. Square-headed window openings (round-headed window opening to first floor side (north) elevation remodelled, c.1950, to accommodate use as door opening approached by flight of iron steps). Rendered sills. 2/2 timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening approached by flight of seven cut-stone steps. Timber panelled door. Overlight. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set back from road in own grounds perpendicular to road. Tarmacadam forecourt to front. Rubble stone boundary wall to south with sections of iron railings over having ‘Fleur-de-Lys’ finials.

• House, 1810–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached five-bay two-storey house, c.1830, originally two separate three-bay two-storey (south-west) and two-bay two-storey (north-east) houses retaining early fenestration to rear elevation to north-west. Refenestrated, c.1940. Renovated, c.1960, with openings remodelled to right ground floor to accommodate commercial use. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Roughcast chimney stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves course. Roughcast walls. Painted. Rendered dressings including channelled piers to end and band to eaves. Square-headed window openings (remodelled, c.1940, to left ground floor). Rendered sills. Replacement timber casement windows, c.1940. Original 2/2 timber sash windows to rear elevation to north-west. Square-headed door opening. Rendered surround. Replacement timber panelled door, c.1980. Openings remodelled, c.1960, to right ground floor with rendered surround, fixed-pane timber display window and timber panelled door. Road fronted. Concrete flagged footpath to front.

• De La Salle National School, school, 1880–1885 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey school, built 1884, on an almost symmetrical plan with single-bay two-storey gabled breakfront, single-bay two-storey recessed lower entrance bay to right (east) and single-bay two-storey return to rear to north. Renovated and refenestrated, c.2000. Hipped roofs with slate (gabled to breakfront). Red clay ridge tiles. Red brick chimney stack. Cut-stone coping to gable. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.2000, on moulded red brick eaves course. Rendered walls. Ruled and lined. Unpainted. Cut-granite quoins to corners. Moulded red brick course to eaves. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Replacement uPVC sash windows, c.2000. Paired square-headed window openings to ground floor breakfront. Granite sills. Cut-granite colonette between openings with spear-headed finial. Shared hood moulding over. Replacement uPVC sash windows, c.2000. Paired square-headed window openings to first floor breakfront in pointed-arch recessed surround. Cut-granite sills. Cut-granite colonette between openings. Shouldered surrounds with decorating detailing to tympanum of arch having hood moulding over. Replacement uPVC sash windows, c.2000. Square-headed door opening. Replacement tongue-and-groove timber panelled door, c.2000, with overlight. Set back from road in own grounds. Tarmacadam yard to site.Gateway, c.1885, to east comprising pair of cut-stone piers with cast-iron double gates having rubble stone flanking boundary walls with sections of cast-iron railings over.

• Kildare Chilling Company, factory, 1940–1960 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached four-bay double-height former factory building, c.1950, on a corner site originally with square-headed integral carriageway to centre, chamfered corner and four-bay double-height side elevation to south-east. Now disused. Hipped roof on an L-shaped plan with corrugated-asbestos. Rolled ridge tiles. Cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves course. Roughcast walls. Painted. Rendered dressings including piers to side elevation to south-east with eaves band over having raised lettering. Square-headed window openings. No sills. Fittings not discerned. Outline of square-headed integral carriageway. Rendered surround. Now blocked-up. Road fronted on a corner site. Concrete footpath to front.

• Outbuilding, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey building, c.1890, probably originally outbuilding with elliptical-headed integral carriageway to left ground floor. Renovated and refenestrated, c.1990, with timber shopfront inserted to right ground floor. Hipped roof (shared) with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves courser. Rendered wall to ground floor (possibly replacement). Painted. Roughcast wall to first floor. Unpainted. Square-headed window openings. Rendered sills. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990. Elliptical-headed integral carriageway to left ground floor. Rendered surround. Timber doors. Timber shopfront, c.1990, to right ground floor with pilasters, fixed-pane timber display windows and glazed timber door having timber fascia over with consoles and cornice. Road fronted. Tarmacadam footpath to front.

• House, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace four-bay two-storey house, c.1890, on a corner site retaining early fenestration with two-bay two-storey side elevation to north-west and three-bay two-storey lower return to rear to south-west. Reroofed, c.1980. Renovated, c.2000, with replacement timber pubfront inserted to ground floor to corner. Hipped roofs. Replacement artificial slate, c.1980. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Timber eaves. Replacement aluminium rainwater goods, c.1980. Rendered walls. Painted. Rendered quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings. Rendered sills. Moulded rendered surrounds. Early 1/1 timber sash windows. Round-headed door opening. Moulded rendered surround. Timber panelled door. Overlight. Replacement timber pubfront, c.2000, to ground floor with panelled pilasters, fixed-pane timber display windows having pointed-arch panels over and timber panelled double doors having timber panelled fascia over with consoles and cornice. Road fronted on a corner site. Concrete flagged footpath to front.

• House, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace five-bay two-storey house, c.1870, on an L-shaped plan with round-headed door opening and two-bay two-storey gabled projecting end bay to right. Extensively renovated, c.1990, with timber pubfront inserted to part ground floor and to projecting end bay. Hipped and gable-ended roof (hipped to projecting end bay). Replacement artificial slate, c.1990. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Timber eaves. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.1990. Rendered walls to ground floor. Channelled. Painted. Roughcast walls to first floor. Painted. Rendered dressings including strips to ends and band to eaves. Square-headed window openings. Rendered sills. Replacement 6/6 timber sash windows, c.1990. Round-headed door opening. Rendered surround with profiled panels. Replacement timber panelled door, c.1990. Spoked fanlight. Timber pubfront, c.1990, to part ground floor and to projecting end bay with paired pilasters, fixed-pane timber display windows and timber panelled doors having timber fascias over with consoles and moulded cornices. Set back from line of road with projecting end bay fronting on to road. Section of iron railings to forecourt to recessed portion to left on cut-stone plinth wall having iron double gates.

• Bank of Ireland, bank/financial institution, 1900–1905 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached four-bay three-storey bank, designed 1901; built 1903, on a cruciform plan centred on two-bay three-storey gabled breakfront; single-bay (single-bay deep) three-storey central return (south). Pitched slate roof a cruciform plan centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof (breakfront) with roll moulded terracotta ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having capping supporting terracotta pots, cut-granite coping to gables including finial-topped cut-granite "Cavetto" coping to gable (breakfront), and cast-iron rainwater goods on red brick header bond beaded cornice on consoles on beaded stringcourse with cast-iron square profile downpipes. Red brick English Garden Wall bond walls on red brick header bond chamfered cushion course on plinth with terracotta tiled panel (gable). Paired round-headed central window openings (ground floor) with cut-granite sills, and red brick voussoirs having bull nose-detailed reveals with hood moulding framing fixed-pane fittings. Paired camber-headed central window openings (upper floors) with cut-granite sills, and red brick voussoirs having bull nose-detailed reveals framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Camber-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and red brick voussoirs having bull nose-detailed reveals framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Street fronted with cast-iron railings to perimeter.

• Barrett House, house, 1750–1790 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay three-storey house, c.1770, retaining some early fenestration with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to centre and single-bay two-storey lower end bay to left (south-east) having shallow segmental-headed integral carriageway. Renovated, c.1970, with openings remodelled to right ground floor to accommodate commercial use. Gable-ended roofs with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Roughcast chimney stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves course. Flat-roofed to porch behind blocking course having iron cresting over. Materials not visible. Roughcast walls. Painted. Rendered quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings (remodelled, c.1970, to right ground floor with square-headed door opening inserted). Stone sills. 1/1 timber sash windows (replacement timber casement windows, c.1970, to ground floor with timber panelled doors to additional door opening having overlight). Round-headed door opening to porch. Replacement timber panelled door, c.1970, with side panels and spoked fanlight. Shallow segmental-headed integral carriageway to ground floor end bay. Iron gate. Fittings not visible. Road fronted. Concrete flagged footpath to front.

• Round Tower House, house, 1810–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey house, c.1830. Extensively renovated and extended, c.1990, comprising two-bay two-storey parallel return to rear to south-west forming double-pile with replacement timber shopfronts inserted to ground floor. Gable-ended double-pile (M-profiled) roof behind parapet wall. Replacement artificial slate, c.1990. Concrete ridge tiles. Red brick and rendered chimney stacks. Rainwater goods not visible. Rendered walls. Painted. Rendered string/sill course to first floor. Rendered stringcourse with parapet wall over having raised lettering and moulded cornice. Square-headed window openings to first floor. Rendered sill course. Rendered surrounds. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990. Replacement timber shopfronts, c.1990, to ground floor with pilasters, fixed-pane timber display windows and timber panelled doors having timber fascias over with consoles and moulded cornices. Road fronted. Concrete flagged footpath to front.

• Lislee House, house, 1760–1790 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over basement house, c.1775, on a symmetrical plan retaining some original fenestration with round-headed door opening to centre originally having projecting bay to left, and single-bay two-storey bowed projecting bay to rear elevation to south-west having flanking Venetian windows to ground floor. Truncated, pre-1817, with projecting bay removed. Part refenestrated, c.1995. Hipped roof with slate (half-conical to bowed projecting bay to rear to south-west). Clay ridge tiles. Roughcast chimney stack (parallel to ridge). Cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves course. Roughcast walls. Unpainted. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Replacement 6/6 timber sash windows, c.1995, retaining some original 6/6 timber sash windows to rear elevation to south-west. Venetian window openings to ground floor rear (south-west) elevation. Stone sills. 6/6 timber sash windows with spoked fanlights and 2/2 sidelights. Round-headed door opening. Cut-stone (painted) rusticated doorcase with entablature and open bed pediment over. Timber panelled door. Spoked fanlight. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set back from road in own grounds. Sections of cast-iron railings to basement with finials. Lawns to forecourt. Sections of cast-iron railings to boundary on plinth wall with open finials and cast-iron gate.

• The Post Master's House, house, 1830–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay two-storey house, c.1850, originally detached with round-headed door opening to centre. Extended, c.1940, comprising single-bay two-storey lean-to lower return to rear to south-west. Reroofed and refenestrated, c.1990. Gable-ended roof (lean-to to return). Replacement artificial slate, c.1990. Concrete ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stack. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.1990, on eaves course. Roughcast walls. Painted. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990. Round-headed door opening. Rendered surround. Replacement glazed timber panelled door, c.1990, with sidelights and overlight. Road fronted. Concrete brick cobbled footpath to front.

• Kildare Post Office, post office, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay single-storey red brick post office, c.1910, with round-headed openings, single-bay single-storey flat-roofed lower end bay to left (south-east) and two-bay single-storey flat-roofed return to rear to south-west. Hipped roof with slate. Red clay ridge tiles. Glazed lantern to apex on a rectangular plan with hipped roof. Cast-iron rainwater goods on moulded red brick eaves course. Flat-roofed to end bay. Materials not visible. Flat-roofed to return behind parapet walls. Materials not visible. Red brick English Garden Wall bond wall to front (north-east) elevation. Moulded red brick cornice to eaves. Cast-iron plaque. Rendered walls to remainder. Ruled and lined. Unpainted. Rendered parapet wall to return with coping. Round-headed openings to front (north-east) elevation. Stone sills. Red brick surrounds. Fixed-pane timber windows (possibly original). Timber panelled double doors. Overlight. Square-headed window openings to remainder. Stone sills. Fittings not visible behind iron bars. Road fronted. Concrete brick cobbled footpath to front.

• Kildare Courthouse, court house, 1825–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey former courthouse, built 1829, possibly over basement retaining early aspect on a symmetrical plan with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to centre, single-bay single-storey flanking entrance bays and six-bay two-storey side elevations to south-east and to north-west. Now disused. Hipped and gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Roughcast chimney stack. Cast-iron rainwater goods on corbelled eaves course. Flat-roofed to porch behind parapet wall. Materials not visible. Roughcast walls. Unpainted. Cut-stone string/sill course to first floor. Rectangular recessed panels over openings to first floor. Cut-stone consoled cornice to eaves. Rendered walls to porch. Unpainted. Cut-stone cornice with blocking course over. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. 6/6 timber sash windows. Square-headed door openings. Cut-stone block-and-start surrounds with keystones. Replacement timber panelled doors, c.1980. Set back from line of road. Tarmacadam forecourt to front.

• Beechgrove House, unknown, 1730–1770 · Regional interest
  Description

  Remains of detached four-bay two-storey rubble stone building, c.1750, with bowed elevation to south. Now in ruins and in use as boundary wall. Roof now gone. Random rubble stone walls. Square-headed (slit-style) window openings to first floor. Cut-stone surrounds. Fittings now gone. Set back from road in grounds shared with Beech Grove (House).

• Beechgrove House, stables, 1755–1760 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached five-bay two-storey rubble stone stable building, c.1760, retaining early aspect. Hipped roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves course. Random rubble stone walls with chamfered corner to north-west. Square-headed window openings (slit-style to side (north-east) and to rear (north-west) elevations). Yellow brick dressings. Fittings not discerned. Remainder of openings not visible. Set in grounds shared with Beech Grove (House) with rear (south-west) elevation fronting on to Chaplin’s Lane.

• Beechgrove House, gates/railings/walls, 1750–1770 · Regional interest
  Description

  Section of rubble stone boundary wall, c.1760.

• Beechgrove House, house, 1755–1760 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey Georgian house, built 1757, on a corner site on a symmetrical plan possibly over basement with segmental-headed door opening to centre having tripartite window opening over and four-bay two-storey side elevation to south-west. Extended, c.1870, comprising two-bay two-storey lower wing to right (north-east) on an L-shaped plan with three-bay two-storey side elevation to north-east and two-bay two-storey lower return to rear to north-west. Renovated and refenestrated, c.1995. Hipped roofs on L-shaped plans with slate (gable-ended to return). Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves course. Rendered walls. Unpainted (ivy-clad). Random rubble stone walls to additional ranges with red brick sections. Lime mortar. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Replacement 6/6 timber sash windows, c.1995, possibly retaining some original 6/6 timber sash windows (2/2 sidelights to tripartite opening). Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1995, to additional ranges. Segmental-headed door opening. Rendered surround with keystone. Replacement timber panelled door, c.1995, with sidelights and fanlight. Set back from road in own grounds on a corner site. Replacement rendered boundary wall, c.1995, to site with rubble stone piers.

• Tús Nua, house, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay two-storey house, c.1860, on an irregular plan with single-bay two-storey gabled advanced bay having single-bay single-storey flat-roofed entrance bay to left, single-bay two-storey recessed flanking bay to right with single-bay two-storey canted bay window, and single-bay two-storey side elevations to north-east and to south-west having single-bay two-storey return to north-west and two-bay two-storey return to rear to west with single-bay two-storey end bay to west. Extended, c.1980, comprising single-bay single-storey flat-roofed end bay to left (south-west) incorporating original entrance bay and two-bay single-storey flat-roofed bay to return to west. Refenestrated, c.1995. Now in use as hospital. Gable-ended (some gable-fronted) roofs on a complex plan with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Timber bargeboards to gables. Cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves course. Flat-roofed to additional ranges. Bitumen felt. Timber eaves. Rendered walls. Painted. Moulded rendered stringcourses to first floor and to gables. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills (concrete to additional ranges). Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1995. Round-headed door opening. Timber panelled door. Overlight. Set back from road in own grounds. Tarmacadam grounds to site.

• The National Stud, demesne walls/gates/railings, 1830–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway, c.1850, comprising pair of open work wrought iron piers with gas lamp holders over having decorative wrought iron double gates, wrought iron flanking pedestrian gates and sections of curved wrought iron railings with spike finials having open work wrought iron outer piers.

• House, 1910–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace two-bay two-storey house, c.1930, retaining original aspect with tripartite window opening to right ground floor and single-bay two-storey advanced bay to left. Now disused. One of a terrace of six. Hipped roof (shared) with clay pantiles. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stack. Timber eaves. Cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves course. Roughcast walls. Unpainted. Rendered stringcourse to first floor. Rendered plaque to first floor with raised lettering. Square-headed window openings (tripartite to right ground floor). Rendered sills. 1/1 timber sash windows (1/1 sidelights to tripartite opening). Square-headed door opening. Rendered surround with moulded entablature over. Glazed timber panelled door. Set back from road in own grounds. Roughcast boundary wall to front with iron gate.Attached single-bay single-storey flat-roofed garage, c.1930, to left (south-west). Flat-roofed behind parapet wall. Materials not visible. Roughcast walls. Unpainted. Rendered coping to parapet wall. Square-headed opening. Rendered surround. Iron lifting door.

• House, 1910–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey house, c.1930, retaining original aspect with tripartite window opening to right ground floor and single-bay two-storey advanced bay to left. One of a terrace of six. Gable-ended roof (shared) with clay pantiles. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stack. Timber eaves. Cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves course. Roughcast walls. Unpainted. Rendered stringcourse to first floor. Square-headed window openings (tripartite to right ground floor). Rendered sills. 1/1 timber sash windows (2/2 sidelights to tripartite opening; 4/4 timber sash window to window opening to ground floor advanced bay). Square-headed door opening. Rendered surround with moulded entablature over. Glazed timber panelled door. Set back from road in own grounds. Roughcast and rendered boundary wall to front with iron gate having sun-ray detailing.

• Gates/railings/walls, 1765–1775 · Regional interest
  Description

  Section of rubble stone boundary wall, dated 1770, with cut-stone date stone/plaque.

• White Abbey Catholic Church, priory, 1830–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey over part-raised basement Carmelite priory, built 1832, on a symmetrical plan with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed advanced porch to centre approached by flight of steps and slate-hung side elevation to south. Reroofed and refenestrated, c.1995. Hipped roof. Replacement artificial slate, c.1995. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.1995, on eaves course. Rendered walls. Painted. Rendered walls to porch. Rendered dressings including corner pilasters with moulded necking having frieze over with moulded cornice and cut-stone blocking course having cross finial. Slate-hung side elevation to south. Square-headed window openings. Rendered sills. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1995. Square-headed door opening approached by flight of five cut-stone steps. Set back from road in own landscaped grounds. Tarmacadam forecourt to front.Gateway, c.1835, to east comprising pair of rendered piers with cut-stone date stones/plaques having decorative cast-iron double gates (possibly replacement) and rendered curved flanking walls with cut-stone vertical coping and rendered piers to pedestrian gate having decorative cast-iron gate.

• Abbey Villa, stables, 1770–1790 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay single-storey rubble stone outbuilding, c.1780, with pair of elliptical-headed integral carriageways. Renovate, c.1990. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered coping to gable to west. No rainwater goods. Random rubble stone walls. Rendered wall to rear (north) elevation. Pair of elliptical-headed integral carriageways. Yellow brick dressings. Replacement iron doors, c.1990. Set in partitioned grounds of Abbey Villa (House) about a courtyard with rear (north) elevation road fronted.Detached three-bay single-storey rubble stone outbuilding with half-attic, c.1850, to south on an L-shaped plan with series of elliptical-headed integral carriageways and four-bay single-storey projecting wing to right (north-west). Renovated, c.1990. Gable-ended roofs with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Remains of cast-iron rainwater goods. Random rubble stone walls. Cast-iron tie plates. Yellow brick walls to wing to north-west. Series of three elliptical-headed integral carriageways to main block. Yellow brick dressings. Replacement iron doors, c.1990. Shallow segmental-headed window openings over. No sills. Yellow brick surrounds. Replacement 1/1 timber sash windows, c.1990. Square-headed openings to wing. Stone sills. Timber fittings (possibly original).

• Abbey Villa, gates/railings/walls, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway, c.1900, comprising pair of red brick piers with cut-stone capping having cast-iron double gates.

• Presbytery/parochial/curate's house, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey former parochial house, built 1862-3, on a corner site on a symmetrical plan possibly over basement with two-bay two-storey side elevations to north and to south having single-bay single-storey canted bay windows to ground floor to south. Extensively renovated and extended, c.1995, comprising six-bay single-storey wing to north on an L-shaped plan to accommodate use as centre. Hipped roof (hipped roofs to additional ranges). Replacement artificial slate, c.1995. Concrete ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.1995, on eaves course. Rendered walls. Painted. Cut-stone piers to corners. Square-headed window openings (including to canted bay windows, possibly additional, c.1995). Stone sills (concrete to additional ranges). Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1995. Square-headed door opening. Rendered surround (probably traces of former porch). Replacement glazed timber panelled doors, c.1995, with sidelights and overlight. Set back from road in own grounds. Tarmacadam grounds to site.Detached four-bay single-storey outbuilding, c.1865, to west with series of square-headed integral carriageways. Reroofed, c.1950. Gable-ended roof. Replacement corrugated-iron, c.1950. Iron ridge tiles. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast walls. Painted. Three square-headed integral carriageways. Replacement timber doors, c.1970. Square-headed door opening in shallow segmental-headed recess. Timber panelled door. Sidelights.

• White Abbey Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1880–1890 · National interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay double-height Gothic Revival Carmelite Catholic church, built 1884-9, on a cruciform plan comprising four-bay double-height nave with two-bay double-height transepts to north-west and to south-east having single-bay single-storey chapel to west and two-bay single-storey sacristy projection to south, single-bay double-height chancel to south-west having single-bay double-height polygonal apse, single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to entrance bay to north-east and single-bay four-stage corner tower to east on a square plan with broach spire. Gable-ended roofs with slate (gabled to chapel to west and to porch to north-east; half-polygonal to apse). Decorative red clay crested ridge tiles. Cut-stone coping to gables with cross finials to apexes. Cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-stone eaves course. Cut-granite broach spire to tower with lucarnes. Broken coursed squared limestone walls. Cut-granite dressings including stepped clasping buttresses having quoins and triangular capping, stringcourses (profiled stringcourse over entrance bay to north-east), and cut-stone course to eaves. Cut-granite dressings to porch including piers having chamfered corners with engaged colonettes, and decorative panel over door opening having lancet-arch hood moulding over. Cut-granite dressings to tower including clasping buttresses, quoins to corners, and stringcourse to top stage. Lancet-arch window openings to nave and to transepts. Cut-granite sills, block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals and hood mouldings over. Rose windows to gables to transepts with cut-stone surrounds having hood mouldings over. Paired lancet-arch window openings to apse in pointed-arch frame having oculus opening to arch, cut-granite block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals and hood mouldings over. Fixed-pane stained glass fittings to all openings. Trefoil-headed window openings flanking entrance bay to north-east in lancet-arch frames having trefoil to arch, cut-granite block-and-start surrounds and hood mouldings over. Rose window over entrance to north-east in cut-granite surround. Fixed-pane stained glass windows. Square-headed door openings (including to porch). Cut-granite shouldered doorcases. Tongue-and-groove timber panelled doors. Pointed-arch openings to tower. Cut-stone surrounds. Fittings not visible. Paired lancet-arch openings to top stage with cut-granite surrounds having colonettes, chamfered reveals and hood mouldings over. Louvered fittings. Full-height interior open into roof. Timber pews. Exposed timber construction to roof on cut-stone corbels. Paired lancet-arches to transepts on polished granite columns. Carved Gothic-style furniture to altar. Set back from road in own grounds. Tarmacadam forecourt to front. Rendered boundary wall to east with sections of cast-iron railings over.

• Kilcumney House, house, 1850–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, c.1855, on a symmetrical plan possibly over basement with segmental-headed door opening to centre and two-bay two-storey side elevations to north-west and to south-east. Renovated and extended, c.1970, comprising seven-bay single-storey flat-roofed wrap-around range to south-east (four-bay) and to north-east (three-bay). Refenestrated, c.1990. Hipped roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Timber eaves. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat-roof to wrap-around range. Bitumen felt. Timber eaves. Replacement render, c.1970, to walls. Painted. Square-headed window openings (round-headed to centre to rear elevation to north-east. Rendered sills. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990, retaining some early 2/2 timber sash windows to ground floor. Louvered timber shutters. Segmental-headed door opening. Cut-stone columnar doorcase with entablature. Glazed timber panelled double doors. Spoked fanlight. Segmental-headed window openings to wrap-around range. Concrete sills. Timber casement windows. Set back from road in own landscaped grounds. Tarmacadam forecourt to front.Detached five-bay single-storey outbuilding with half-attic, c.1855, to north. Reroofed, c.1950. Gable-ended roof. Replacement corrugated-asbestos, c.1950. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered coping to gable. Roughcast walls. Unpainted. Rendered wall, c.1950, to ground floor front (north) elevation. Painted. Square-headed openings (each composed of door opening with attached window opening) with corrugated-Perspex canopy over on pillars. Rendered sills. Timber windows. Timber panelled half-doors.

• Bridge, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch cut-stone road bridge over railway line, c.1880, with rusticated stone voussoirs, cut-stone stringcourse, and cut-stone coping to parapet wall. Coursed rusticated squared rubble stone walls. Cut-stone stringcourse. Coursed squared rubble stone parapet walls with cut-stone coping over. Single elliptical arch. Rusticated cut-stone voussoirs. Rubble stone soffits with render over. Sited spanning Great Southern and Western Railway line. Grass banks to railway line.

• Water pump, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, c.1880, comprising fluted shaft with lion mask spout, moulded necking with handle having ball finial, and fluted ogee dome over. Now disused. Road fronted on tarmacadam footpath.

• The Bungalow, house, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey red brick house, c.1900, on a symmetrical plan retaining some early fenestration with door opening to centre having single-bay single-storey flanking canted bay windows, single-bay single-storey side elevation to south and two-bay single-storey return to rear to east. Renovated, c.1985, with pair of single-bay single-storey canted bay windows added to return. Gable-ended roofs on an L-shaped plan with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Red brick chimney stacks. Timber bargeboards to gables. Cast-iron rainwater goods on red brick course to eaves. Red brick Running bond wall to front (west) elevation. Red brick course to eaves. Rendered walls to remainder. Unpainted. Shallow segmental-headed openings to canted bay windows. Stone sills. Original 1/1 timber sash windows. Square-headed openings to additional canted bay windows, c.1985. Timber casement windows. Shallow segmental-headed door opening. Replacement timber panelled door, c.1985, with overlight. Set back from road in own grounds.

• House, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey house, c.1900, on a symmetrical plan with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to centre. Now disused and part derelict. Gable-ended roof with slate (gabled to porch). Red clay ridge tiles. Yellow brick chimney stack with red brick dressings. Rendered coping to gable. Cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves course. Rendered walls. Ruled and lined. Unpainted. Red brick (painted) quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Now boarded-up. Square-headed door opening. Red brick (painted) dressings. Tongue-and-groove timber panelled door originally with overlight. Set back from line of road in own grounds. Part overgrown grounds to site.

• Bridge, 1840–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-span cast-iron railway bridge over road, c.1845, with rusticated stone abutment walls. Renovated, c.1970. Coursed rusticated cut-stone abutment walls. Cut-stone coping. Single flat-span with cast-iron beams having rivets. Additional reinforced concrete beam, c.1970. Replacement iron railings, c.1970. Sited spanning road.

• House, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay single-storey cottage, c.1895, retaining original aspect with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting shared porch to left. One of a terrace of six. Gable-ended roof (shared) with slate (gabled to porch). Decorative clay crested ridge tiles. Yellow brick chimney stack with red brick dressings. Timber bargeboards to gable. Cast-iron rainwater goods on red brick course to eaves. Yellow brick English Garden Wall bond walls. Shallow segmental-headed window openings. Stone sills. Red brick block-and-start surrounds. Original 2/2 timber sash windows. Shallow segmental-headed door opening. Red brick block-and-start surround. Fittings not visible. Set back from line of road. Roughcast boundary wall to front with rendered piers.

• Water pump, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, c.1880, comprising fluted shaft with lion mask spout, moulded necking with handle having ball finial, and fluted ogee dome over. Now disused. Road fronted on concrete base.

• Kildare Railway Station, store/warehouse, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay single-storey rubble stone former railway goods store, c.1870, originally with pair of segmental-headed integral carriageways. Renovated and extended, c.1920, comprising single-bay single-storey red brick lower end bay to right (east) and possibly with integral carriageways remodelled. End bay renovated, c.1990. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Red brick chimney stack. Cut-stone coping to gables. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Hipped roof to end bay. Replacement artificial slate, c.1990. Concrete ridge tiles. Timber eaves. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Random rubble stone walls. Cut-stone quoins to corners. Red brick Flemish bond walls to end bay. Square-headed window openings to original block. Stone sills. Original 2/2 timber sash windows. Outline of segmental-headed integral carriageways (remodelled, c.1920, forming square-headed openings). Yellow brick surrounds. Concrete lintels. Now blocked-up. Square-headed integral carriageway to side elevation to east. Replacement timber boarded double doors, c.1990. Square-headed window openings to end bay. Stone sills. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990. Shallow segmental-headed door opening. Replacement glazed timber door, c.1990. Set back from road in grounds shared with Kildare Railway Station complex.

• Kildare Railway Station, foot bridge, 1845–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch cast-iron footbridge over railway line, built 1847, approached by pair of flights of steps. Red brick walls to flights of steps. Round-headed blind openings following gradient of steps with red brick voussoirs. Cut-granite steps over having cast-iron railings. Single shallow segmental arch with cast-iron beams having cast-iron deck panels over and lattice work wrought iron parapet walls. Sited spanning Great Southern and Western Railway line in grounds shared with Kildare Railway Station complex.

• Kildare Railway Station, railway station, 1845–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached eight-bay single-storey Tudor Revival railway station with half-dormer attic, opened 1846, retaining early aspect comprising two-bay single-storey central block with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to left, single-bay single-storey gabled advanced bay to right having single-bay single-storey canted bay window to ground floor (platform elevation to north-west: three-bay single-storey block with single-bay single-storey gabled breakfront), two-bay single-storey wing to right (north-east), and two-bay single-storey flanking end bays. Gable-ended roofs with slate (gabled to advanced bays and to half-dormer attic windows). Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Cut-stone coping to gables. Cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves courses. Flat-roofed to porch. Materials not visible behind parapet wall. Rendered walls to front (south-east) elevation. Painted. Cut-granite quoins to corners. Red brick Flemish bond walls to platform elevation to north-west on cut-granite plinth. Cut-granite dressings. Square-headed window openings (including to canted bay window). Cut-granite chamfered surrounds. Cut-granite hood mouldings over. 6/6 timber sash windows. Timber casement windows to platform elevation to north-west with diamond-leaded fixed-pane overlights. Pointed-arch door opening to platform elevation to north-west. Cut-granite chamfered doorcase with hood moulding over. Timber panelled double doors with overlight having decorative fanlight over. Interior with ticket office having glazed timber screen. Set back from road in own grounds. Tarmacadam forecourt/carpark to front.

• Bridge, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch cut-stone road bridge over railway line, c.1880, on a skewed plan with rusticated stone voussoirs, cut-stone stringcourse, and cut-stone coping to parapet wall. Coursed rusticated squared rubble stone walls. Cut-stone stringcourse. Coursed squared rubble stone parapet walls with cut-stone coping over. Single elliptical arch. Rusticated cut-stone voussoirs. Rubble stone soffits with render over. Sited spanning Great Southern and Western Railway line. Grass banks to railway line.

• Kilmore, house, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached two-bay two-storey red brick house, c.1900, retaining original aspect with round-headed open internal porch to right ground floor and single-bay two-storey canted bay window to left. One of a pair. Hipped gabled roof (shared) with slate. Red clay ridge tiles. Red brick chimney stack. Cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves course. Red brick English bond walls. Red brick stringcourse to first floor. Round-headed recessed panel to side elevation to north-east. Shallow segmental-headed widow openings. Granite sills. 1/1 timber sash windows. Round-headed open internal porch. Clay tiled floor. Square-headed door opening. Timber panelled door. Sidelights. Overlights. Set back from line of road. Red brick boundary wall to front with sections of wrought iron railings over and red brick piers having wrought iron double gates.

• Water tower, 1950–1970 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-concrete water tower, c.1960, on a polygonal plan comprising eight reinforced concrete piers with supporting ring having cast-concrete panelled drum/basin over on corbels with moulded plinth and coping.

• Virginia Lodge, house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace five-bay two-storey rubble stone house, c.1800, probably originally detached on a symmetrical plan with elliptical-headed door opening to centre ground floor. Refenestrated, c.1990. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stack. Cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves course. Irregular coursed rubble stone walls (ivy-clad). Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990. Elliptical-headed door opening approached by flight of two stone steps having cast-iron bootscrapers. Cut-stone surround. Replacement timber panelled door, c.1990, with sidelights and fanlight. Set back from line of road. Sections of iron railings to front on cut-stone plinth walls having iron gate.

• Cinema, 1930–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace single-bay double-height former cinema, c.1940, with single-bay single-storey breakfront having canopy over, ten-bay double-height side elevation to north-west and single-bay double-height flat-roofed lower bay to rear elevation to north-east. Renovated and amalgamated with building to right (south-east), c.1990, with timber pubfront inserted to ground floor. Shallow barrel-roofed behind stepped parapet wall. Materials not visible. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat-roofed to lower bay to north-east. Bitumen felt. Timber eaves. Rendered wall to front (south-west) elevation. Painted. Rendered breakfront with concrete canopy over having round-headed red brick panel over. Rendered stepped parapet wall with red brick coping. Rendered walls to remainder. Unpainted. Rendered piers along side elevation to north-west. Timber pubfront, c.1990, to ground floor with pilasters, panels, fixed-pane windows and glazed timber double doors having timber fascia over with consoles and moulded cornice. Road fronted. Concrete footpath to front.

• Leinster Lodge, house, 1760–1790 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey house, c.1775, on an irregular plan with single-bay single-storey advanced porch to centre, single-bay single-storey canted bay to side elevation to south-east, three-bay single-storey return to rear to north-east and single-bay single-storey projecting end bay to left (south-west) having single-bay four-stage tower, c.1484, to south-west on a square plan incorporating fabric of gate house, c.1200. Extensively renovated, c.1990, to accommodate use as hotel. Gable-ended roofs with slate (hipped to advanced porch; half-polygonal to canted bay; hipped to return). Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves course. Roof to tower not visible behind overgrown parapet wall. Rendered walls. Painted. Random rubble stone walls to tower with base batter and traces of lime render over. Rubble stone parapet wall to roof. Square-headed openings. Rendered sills. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990. Replacement glazed timber door, c.1990, with sidelights and overlight. Square-headed openings to tower (probably remodelled, c.1775). No sills. 6/6 timber sash windows (with some replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990). Set back from road in own grounds. Tarmacadam forecourt/footpath to front.

• Bridge, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-span rubble stone road bridge over railway line, c.1880, probably originally single-arch. Extensively renovated, c.1970, with span replace. Rusticated squared rubble stone walls. Squared rubble stone flanking walls. Replacement rock-faced stone cladding, c.1970, to parapet walls with cut-stone coping over. Single-span, c.1970, with reinforced concrete beams. Sited spanning Great Southern and Western Railway line. Grass banks to railway line.

• House, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay single-storey yellow brick house with dormer attic, c.1895, retaining original aspect with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting end bay. One of a terrace of five. Gable-ended roof (shared) with slate (gabled to projecting end bay). Clay crested ridge tiles. Yellow brick chimney stack with red brick dressings. Timber eaves and bargeboards. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Yellow brick English Garden Wall bond walls. Red brick dressings including quoins to corners and course to eaves. Shallow segmental-headed window openings. Stone sills. Red brick surrounds. 2/2 timber sash windows. Oculus window to gable. Red brick surround. Fixed-pane leaded window. Shallow segmental-headed door opening. Red brick surround. Tongue-and-groove timber panelled door. Set back from line of road. Roughcast boundary wall to front with rendered piers having iron gate.

• Kildare Railway Station, post box, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, c.1890, with raised "VR" royal cipher and crown motif. Mounted in wall of Kildare Railway Station.

• Avila House, house, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey yellow brick house, c.1880. Refenestrated, c.1990. One of a group of three. Gable-ended roof (shared) with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Red brick chimney stack (shared). Cast-iron rainwater goods. Yellow brick Flemish bond walls. Shallow segmental-headed window openings. Stone sills. Red brick dressings. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990. Shallow segmental-headed door opening. Red brick dressings. Replacement glazed timber panelled door, c.1990. Overlight. Road fronted. Concrete brick cobbled footpath to front.

• Presentation Convent, convent/nunnery, 1865–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached thirteen-bay two-storey over basement convent, built 1867, originally detached on a symmetrical plan retaining some original fenestration comprising seven-bay two-storey central block having three-bay two-storey gabled advanced flanking end bays. Extended, c.1920, comprising two-bay two-storey recessed linking bay to left (west) with single-bay single-storey lean-to projecting porch to front. Linking bay renovated, c.1970. Part refenestrated, c.1990. Hipped and gable-ended (gable-fronted) roofs with slate (gable-ended to linking bay; lean-to to porch). Clay ridge tiles. Cut-stone coping to gables. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls. Painted. Rendered dressings including quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings (shallow-segmental-headed window openings to ground floor advanced end bay to left (west); window openings flanking round-headed recessed niches to first floor advanced end bays). Stone sills. Original 6/6 timber sash windows to ground floor. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990, to first floor. Square-headed window openings to ground floor advanced end bay to right (east). Cut-stone surrounds. Fittings not visible. Shallow segmental-headed door openings. Timber panelled doors (with window openings over forming overlights). Square-headed openings to linking bay. Stone sills. Replacement timber casement windows, c.1970. Replacement glazed timber panelled door, c.1970, with overlight. Set back from road in grounds shared with earlier convent to left (west). Tarmacadam forecourt to front.

• Outbuilding, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay two-storey building, c.1890, probably originally outbuilding. Renovated and refenestrated, c.1980, with timber shopfront inserted to right ground floor. Gable-ended roof (shared) with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves courser. Rendered wall to ground floor (possibly replacement). Painted. Roughcast wall to first floor. Unpainted. Square-headed window openings. Rendered sills. Replacement aluminium casement windows, c.1980. Timber shopfront, c.1980, to right ground floor with pilasters, timber casement display windows and glazed timber door having timber fascia over with consoles and cornice. Road fronted. Tarmacadam footpath to front.

• House, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay single-storey cottage, c.1900, retaining original aspect with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting shared porch to right. One of a terrace of six. Gable-ended roof (shared) with slate (gabled to porch). Decorative clay crested ridge tiles. Yellow brick chimney stack with red brick dressings. Timber bargeboards to gable. Cast-iron rainwater goods on red brick course to eaves. Yellow brick English Garden Wall bond walls. Shallow segmental-headed window openings. Stone sills. Red brick block-and-start surrounds. Original 2/2 timber sash windows. Shallow segmental-headed door opening. Red brick block-and-start surround. Fittings not visible. Set back from line of road. Roughcast boundary wall to front with rendered piers.

• House, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay single-storey cottage, c.1895, retaining original aspect with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting shared porch to left. One of a terrace of six. Gable-ended roof (shared) with slate (gabled to porch). Decorative clay crested ridge tiles. Yellow brick chimney stack with red brick dressings. Timber bargeboards to gable. Cast-iron rainwater goods on red brick course to eaves. Yellow brick English Garden Wall bond walls. Shallow segmental-headed window openings. Stone sills. Red brick block-and-start surrounds. Original 2/2 timber sash windows. Shallow segmental-headed door opening. Red brick block-and-start surround. Fittings not visible. Set back from line of road. Roughcast boundary wall to front with rendered piers.

• House, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay single-storey cottage, c.1895, retaining original aspect with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting shared porch to right. One of a terrace of six. Gable-ended roof (shared) with slate (gabled to porch). Decorative clay crested ridge tiles. Yellow brick chimney stack with red brick dressings. Timber bargeboards to gable. Cast-iron rainwater goods on red brick course to eaves. Yellow brick English Garden Wall bond walls. Shallow segmental-headed window openings. Stone sills. Red brick block-and-start surrounds. Original 2/2 timber sash windows. Shallow segmental-headed door opening. Red brick block-and-start surround. Fittings not visible. Set back from line of road. Roughcast boundary wall to front with rendered piers.

• House, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay single-storey cottage, c.1895, retaining original aspect with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting shared porch to left. One of a terrace of six. Gable-ended roof (shared) with slate (gabled to porch). Decorative clay crested ridge tiles. Yellow brick chimney stack with red brick dressings. Timber bargeboards to gable. Cast-iron rainwater goods on red brick course to eaves. Yellow brick English Garden Wall bond walls. Shallow segmental-headed window openings. Stone sills. Red brick block-and-start surrounds. Original 2/2 timber sash windows. Shallow segmental-headed door opening. Red brick block-and-start surround. Fittings not visible. Set back from line of road. Roughcast boundary wall to front with rendered piers.

• House, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay single-storey cottage, c.1895, retaining original aspect with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting shared porch to right. One of a terrace of six. Gable-ended roof (shared) with slate (gabled to porch). Decorative clay crested ridge tiles. Yellow brick chimney stack with red brick dressings. Timber bargeboards to gable. Cast-iron rainwater goods on red brick course to eaves. Yellow brick English Garden Wall bond walls. Shallow segmental-headed window openings. Stone sills. Red brick block-and-start surrounds. Original 2/2 timber sash windows. Shallow segmental-headed door opening. Red brick block-and-start surround. Fittings not visible. Set back from line of road. Roughcast boundary wall to front with rendered piers.

• Saint Conleth's, house, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached two-bay two-storey red brick house, c.1900, originally with round-headed open internal porch to left ground floor and single-bay two-storey canted bay window to right. Extensively renovated and extended, c.1990, comprising single-bay single-storey end bay to right (south-west) with timber shopfront to ground floor and openings remodelled to ground floor canted bay window. One of a pair. Hipped gabled roof (shared). Replacement artificial slate, c.1990. Clay ridge tiles. Red brick chimney stack. Cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves course. Hipped roof to end bay. Artificial slate, c.1990. Clay ridge tiles. Red brick English bond walls. Red brick stringcourse to first floor. Round-headed recessed panel to side elevation to south-west. Shallow segmental-headed widow openings (remodelled, c.1990, to ground floor canted bay window to accommodate use as door opening with flanking openings blocked-up). Granite sills. Replacement 1/1 uPVC sash windows, c.1990 (replacement glazed timber panelled door, c.1990, to ground floor canted bay window with overlight). Round-headed door opening (originally open internal porch). Replacement timber panelled door, c.1990, with sidelights and overlight. Timber shopfront, c.1990, to end bay to right (south-west) with timber pilasters, fixed-pane timber display windows and timber fascia over having decorative consoles and moulded cornice. Set back from line of road. Tarmacadam verge to front.

• House, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay single-storey yellow brick house with dormer attic, c.1895, retaining original aspect with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting end bay. One of a terrace of five. Gable-ended roof (shared) with slate (gabled to projecting end bay). Clay crested ridge tiles. Yellow brick chimney stack with red brick dressings. Timber eaves and bargeboards. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Yellow brick English Garden Wall bond walls. Red brick dressings including quoins to corners and course to eaves. Shallow segmental-headed window openings. Stone sills. Red brick surrounds. 2/2 timber sash windows. Oculus window to gable. Red brick surround. Fixed-pane leaded window. Shallow segmental-headed door opening. Red brick surround. Tongue-and-groove timber panelled door. Set back from line of road. Roughcast boundary wall to front with rendered piers having iron gate.

• House, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay single-storey yellow brick house with dormer attic, c.1895, retaining original aspect with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting end bay. One of a terrace of five. Gable-ended roof (shared) with slate (gabled to projecting end bay). Clay crested ridge tiles. Yellow brick chimney stack with red brick dressings. Timber eaves and bargeboards. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Yellow brick English Garden Wall bond walls. Red brick dressings including quoins to corners and course to eaves. Shallow segmental-headed window openings. Stone sills. Red brick surrounds. 2/2 timber sash windows. Oculus window to gable. Red brick surround. Fixed-pane leaded window. Shallow segmental-headed door opening. Red brick surround. Tongue-and-groove timber panelled door. Set back from line of road. Roughcast boundary wall to front with rendered piers having iron gate.

• House, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay single-storey yellow brick house with dormer attic, c.1895, retaining original aspect with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting end bay. One of a terrace of five. Gable-ended roof (shared) with slate (gabled to projecting end bay). Clay crested ridge tiles. Yellow brick chimney stack with red brick dressings. Timber eaves and bargeboards. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Yellow brick English Garden Wall bond walls. Red brick dressings including quoins to corners and course to eaves. Shallow segmental-headed window openings. Stone sills. Red brick surrounds. 2/2 timber sash windows. Oculus window to gable. Red brick surround. Fixed-pane leaded window. Shallow segmental-headed door opening. Red brick surround. Tongue-and-groove timber panelled door. Set back from line of road. Roughcast boundary wall to front with rendered piers having iron gate.

• House, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay single-storey yellow brick house with dormer attic, c.1895, on a corner site retaining original aspect with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting end bay. One of a terrace of five. Gable-ended roof (shared) with slate (gabled to projecting end bay). Clay crested ridge tiles. Yellow brick chimney stack with red brick dressings. Timber eaves and bargeboards. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Yellow brick English Garden Wall bond walls. Red brick dressings including quoins to corners and course to eaves. Shallow segmental-headed window openings. Stone sills. Red brick surrounds. 2/2 timber sash windows. Oculus window to gable. Red brick surround. Fixed-pane leaded window. Shallow segmental-headed door opening. Red brick surround. Tongue-and-groove timber panelled door. Set back from line of road. Roughcast boundary wall to front with rendered piers having iron gate.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Kildare.

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Kildare with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Kildare · Cill Dara

Area

3,072,474 m² (307.25 ha, 759.22 acres)

Civil parish

Kildare, and its townlands

Barony

Offaly East

Electoral division

Kildare, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kildare electoral division: 11,587 people in 3,873 households; 64% of households own their home; 47% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bishopsland, Blackmillershill, Cloghgarrett Glebe, Collaghknock Glebe, Crockanure Glebe, Curragh, Curraghfarm, Greyabbey, Knockshough Glebe, Loughandys, Loughlion, Loughminane, Rahilla Glebe, Southgreen, Tully East, Tully West, Whitesland East

Placenames

Kildare on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.