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Castles in Kildare

Barberstown Castle

Rating: 3 Star

Address: Straffan, Co. Kildare

Situated only 30 minutes drive from both Dublin Airport and the City Centre, thus making it an ideal first or last visit on your country House tour of Ireland.

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Kilkea Castle

Rating: 4 Star

Address: Castledermot, Co. kildare, Ireland

Kilkea Castle is a four star hotel, the oldest inhabited Castle in Ireland. The three star hotel caters full banqueting and conference facilities.

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Self Caterings in Kildare

Beech Lodge

Rating: 4 Star


Address: Ballindrum, Athy, Kildare

An elevated stone lodge in an area of rural beauty. Fully wheelchair available. A good touring base for Dublin, Wicklow, Kildare, Kilkenny. Central Vacuum. TV in bedrooms, payphone and safe.

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Robertstown Holiday Village

Rating: 3 Star

Address: Lowtown Road, Robertstown, Naas, Kildare

The Roberstown Holiday Village consists of eight 2 bedroom cottages and is the perfect destination for Coarse Fishing, Golf Home of the 2006 Ryder Cup at the K Club in Straffan is just 8 miles away, Walking, Horse Racing at The Curragh, Naas and home of the Irish National Hunt at Punchestown, Mondello Park motor racing, & Greyhound Racing.

Robertstown Holiday Village - Lowtown Road, Robertstown, Naas, Kildare

Robertstown Holiday Village


 

Address:

Lowtown Road, Robertstown, Naas, Kildare

Region:

Kildare

Town:

Naas

Rating:

3 Star

Pricing:

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Barberstown Castle - Straffan, Co. Kildare, Ireland

Barberstown Castle


 

Address:

Straffan Co Kildare Ireland

Region:

Kildare

Town:

Straffan

Rating:

3 Star

Pricing:

Enquire

 

The Barberstown Castle is situated only 30 minutes drive from both Dublin Airport and the City Centre, thus making it an ideal first or last visit on your country House tour of Ireland.

Each of the ensuite bedrooms has been decorated in an individual style and dedicated to the ordinary and extraordinary people who have lived within its walls.

Facilities:

Satellite television
Direct dial phone
Connection for Laptop

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Genealogy in Kildare

the road to kildareKildare (Bed and Breakfasts, Kildare, Ireland), a county of Ireland, province of Leinster, 37 m. long and 20 broad; bounded E by Dublin and Wicklow, W by King’s county and Queen’s county, N be E. Meath, and S by Catherlough, and containing 593 English acres, divided into 100 parishes. It sends 2 members to parliament. Its principal rivers are the Liffey, Barrow, and Boyne. A unique plain called the Curragh stretches across County Kildare (Self Catering, Kildare, Ireland), which is famous for horseracing, breeding and it has been the main training base for the Irish Army. Naas which comes from the Irish N� na Riogh, the assembly of Kings kildare viewwas the seat of the Kings of Leinster. There is a butterfly farm in Straffan, County Kildare (Holiday Homes, Kildare, Ireland). Before the arrival of the Normans, the region was part of the territories of the O’Byrnes and O’Tooles. Following the granting of the county to the Norman Fitzgeralds, these were forced to migrate east, into the barren and impregnable Wicklow Mountains. The Fitzgeralds became earls of Kildare and, later, Dukes of Leinster, and were virtual rulers of Ireland up to the sixteenth century. The seat of the Irish Oireachtais (parliament), Leinster House in Kildare Street, Dublin is named for these Fitzgeralds. In recent years, the county has seen a large growth in its population, due almost entirely to the expansion of the suburbs of Dublin.