County Kildare - Towns

Naas, the county town, is on the main road from Dublin to Cork, Limerick and Waterford. In early times it was the seat of the kings of Leinster, and the North Mote is the site of the ancient royal palace. St Patrick visited here and is said to have camped on the site of the present Protestant parish church. The town was fortified by the Normans, and plundered in 1316 by Robert and Edward Bruce. A Norman castle, once part of the town's fortifications, has been converted into the modern Church of Ireland rectory.

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Droichead Nua, also known as Newbridge, is 7 miles (11 km) beyond Naas on the road from Dublin to Cork and Limerick. This former garrison town on the River Liffey now has some thriving industries and the research centre of Bord na Mona, the national authority for peat development. Golf (9) and (18), greyhound racing, horse-riding and outdoor swimming pool. On the bank of the river is an ancient motte about 40 feet high and 180 yards across.

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Named from an 18th century model village and cotton mill, a commemorative memorial in the town tells the story. There are several good 18th century houses in the locality, including Curryhills, now a hotel. Coarse angling on the Grand Canal. At Ballynafagh Lake, a reservoir of the canal and a nature reserve with a wide variety of flora and fauna. There is also an annual angling festival held in prosperous.

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A quiet town on the bank of the Slate river and the Grand Canal providing pleasant waterside walks and coarse angling. A massive earthworks near the Protestant church was the site of an early Celtic fort, and a later Fitzgerald outpost. Writer Maura Laverty (1907-1966) was born here.

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