County Kildare (Irish: Contae Chill Dara) is one of the traditional counties of Ireland. It is located within the province of Leinster and was named after the town of Kildare (Irish: Cill Dara). Kildare is the 25th largest of Ireland’s 32 counties in area and ninth largest in terms of population. It is the eighth largest of Leinster’s 12 counties in size and second largest in terms of population.
Kildare was shired in 1297 and assumed its present...
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County Kildare (Irish: Contae Chill Dara) is one of the traditional counties of Ireland. It is located within the province of Leinster and was named after the town of Kildare (Irish: Cill Dara). Kildare is the 25th largest of Ireland’s 32 counties in area and ninth largest in terms of population. It is the eighth largest of Leinster’s 12 counties in size and second largest in terms of population.
Kildare was shired in 1297 and assumed its present borders in 1832, following amendments to remove a number of enclaves and exclaves.
Kildare was the home of the powerful Fitzgerald family. Parts of the county were also part of the Pale area around Dublin.
Kildare is bordered by the counties of Carlow, Laois, Meath, Offaly, Dublin and Wicklow. Kildare is part of the "Greater Dublin Area", a regional area surrounding Dublin.
County Kildare borders several counties:
Enclaves of several counties once lay inside Kildare, and in its border regions. The last of these were scrapped in the 1830s.
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