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The ancient name of Maynooth ‘Magh Nuadhat’ means
the plain of Nuadhat. Nuadhat is referred to as the maternal grandfather of the legendary
Fionn MaCumhail in the ‘Annals of the Four Masters’. In 1176 Strongbow granted
the manor of Maynooth to Maurice Fitzgerald who erected a castle for protection against
the native Irish...
Castle Rheban is situated two miles north of Athy. The castle, believed to be the burial
place of a king, was once attached to the site of an ancient moat, but the two have long
since been separated by the construction of the Grand Canal.
Situated to the north of Clane, lies the ruins of Rathcoffey castle and house. Once the
seat of the Wogan family, all that remains now is a gate-house which has a narrow passage
leading to a guard-house and cellar...
The village of Kilteel lies six miles north of Naas at the foot of the Wicklow mountains.
It is here that we find Kilteel Castle. It was built in the early thirteenth century by
Maurice Fitzgerald for the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem. The site upon
which the castle was built was once a monastic settlement...
Jigginstown or Sigginstown House as it was also known and one of Kildare’s most
prominent ruins, was constructed under the guidance of Thomas Wentworth. Wentworth was
Earl of Strafford and was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland during the reign of Charles I.
Stafford had planned the building with the idea that it could be home to the king on royal
visits to Ireland...
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