Top jockeys and GAA stars from around the country will be lining out for the most unique hurling fixture of the year, Hurling for Cancer Research, on Tuesday August 14 at St Conleths Park, Newbridge, County Kildare
County Kildare Chamber are getting geared up with their preparation to achieve the prestigious Purple Flag Award for Naas.
Countywide 7th to 22nd July. Guided walks given by trained leaders in various locations Naas, Cliff at Lyons, Ardclough, Maynooth, Kilcock, Straffan, The Curragh, Maddenstown, Kidare Town, Donadea, Castledermot, Athy, Vicarstown, Monasterevin, Rathangan, and Robertstown
21
Jul
Newbridge
Darley Irish Oaks at the Curragh
22
Jul
Newbridge
Kilboy Estate Stakes at the Curragh
25
Jul
Newbridge
International Poetry Reading
26
Jul
27
Jul
4
Aug
Celbridge
Robin Hood And His Merry Men
11
Aug
Kildare Town
Cill Dara RFC Barn Dance 2018
13- 17 Aug
14
Aug
26- 29 Oct
Community Highlights
In 2000 the Irish Sports Council proposed to establish a nationwide network of Local Sports Partnerships to create a national structure to co-ordinate and promote the development of sport at local level. As a result of this the Kildare Sports Partnership was established in 2001.
There is now a network of 33 Local Sports Partnerships around Ireland
It is Ireland's most important Thoroughbred Horse Racing Track. It is situated on the Curragh plain near Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland.
The Grand Canal is the southernmost of a pair of canals that connect Dublin, in the east of Ireland, with the River Shannon in the west, passing through County Kildare
Community Featured
The Hive is a new youth hub & café for the young people of Kildare town in the renovated old Post Office. Local & national youth organisations as well as pillars of the local community all helped to develop The Hive.
Kildare meet Westmeath in this years Leinster Championship on Sunday 26 June 2016. Throw In is at 4.15pm and the winners will meet Dublin or Meath in the Leinster Final on Sunday 17 July 2016
The main line of the Grand Canal is 82 miles length from Dublin to the Shannon of which twenty-five lie within Co. Kildare. There is also the 28 mile Barrow branch from Lowtown in mid-Kildare to Athy and the Naas Branch and Milltown Feeder
