County Kildare Towns - Maynooth, Kildare

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688. Leixlip

Downriver from Celbridge, in a prettily wooded part of the Liffey valley and on the main Dublin-Galway road, lies the village of Leixlip. The battlements of the twelfth-century Leixlip Castle overlook the salmon leap which gave the place its name (Danish, lax-hlaup). A hydroelectric dam forms a narrow lake stretching for about 2 miles upriver. A fish pass in the dam, based on the principle of a canal lock, allows fish to go upstream. The Liffey Descent, an international canoeing event, takes place here in September each year.

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689. Maynooth

The village of Maynooth lies beside the Royal Canal on the main Dublin-Galway road. Maynooth Ecclesiastical Museum and Maynooth Castle are open to visitors by arrangement.

St Patrick's College, also in the town, is the centre for the training of Catholic diocesan clergy in Ireland, and also a constituent college of the National University.

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690. Monasterevin

Situated on the river Barrow and the Grand Canal, Monasterevan is a popular coarse angling centre. In the 19th century a busy industrial centre with a brewery and distillery. There are many Georgian houses, including the barrack-like 18th century charter school. The Protestant church has a good organ and fine wrought-iron gates while the Roman catholic church, designed by William Deane Butler in 1847, has a 17th century Italian communion rail and good statuary and paintings.

A walk around the town reveals the many bridges over the river and canal, including the aqueduct over the Barrow, the unusual lifting bridge, and the 16th century pass bridge.

Opposite the gate to Moore Abbey, is a memorial to Fr. Edward Prendergast who was executed here in 1798.

Moore Abbey, built on the site of the monastery founded by St., Evin in the 6th century, which was later the site of the 12th century Cistercian abbey. The Irish tenor, Count John McCormack, once lived here. Now much extended, the mansion is a medical centre.

The Jesuit poet, Gerard Manly Hopkins, who used to visit friends in the town, is remembered annually at a summer school held here.

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691. Moone

This area was inhabited 6,000 years ago which makes it one of the oldest inhabited areas of the county. Here can be found the tall pillars of the entrance to Belan, the vanished home of the Earls of Aldborough. Near the village is Moone High Cross, a National monument, Kildare's most important monument which dates back to the 7th century. The 5m high granite cross is decorated with scenes from the Old and New Testaments, including the Crucifixation, the Twelve Apostles, the Flight to Egypt and Daniel in the Lion's Den. A damaged holed cross is located inside the ruins of the 13th century church. Nearby is a 15th century tower and an 18th century house, which is private.

Bolton Abbey, a Cistercian monastry with a medieval tower house and columbarium.

Timolin, located in the south of the county, is one of the oldest inhabited areas in the county. This village has a pewter mill and gift shop which is open to the public and in the porch of the Protestant church is the 13th century effigy of a knight.

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