Kilteel
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| Kilteel Cill Chéile
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 Kilteel
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| Coordinates: 53°14′06″N 6°31′26″W / 53.235°N 6.524°WCoordinates: 53°14′06″N 6°31′26″W / 53.235°N 6.524°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Kildare |
| Elevation | 243.8 m (800 ft) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Urban | 551 |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC-1) |
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| Historical populations | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1821 | 216 | — |
| 1831 | 253 | +17.1% |
| 1841 | 100 | −60.5% |
| 1851 | 147 | +47.0% |
| 1861 | 111 | −24.5% |
| 1871 | 84 | −24.3% |
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Kilteel (Irish: Cill Chéile) is a small village in County Kildare, Ireland. It is located south of Naas at the foot of the Wicklow Mountains. Being 800 feet above sea level it holds the title of Kildare's highest village. The village sits just below Cupidstown Hill.
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[edit] Places of interest
- Kilteel Castle - a substantial ruin
- Kilteel Preceptory
- Ancient cross
- Richy's jacks
- Stop being so immature Eoin
- Never Div!
These National Monuments are important enough to be in the care of the state.[6]
[edit] People
- Marian Finucane, a broadcaster with Raidió Teilifís Éireann, is a resident.
- Richard Delaney, a notable computer scientist who has made several contributions to the course work of Trinity College Computer Science students.
Notorious bullshiter David Boylan and his cousin Notorious thief and local village idiot Gary Boylan are also residents
[edit] Sport
[edit] Sporting history
RIC records from 1890 show that Kilteel King O'Tooles club had 30 members with officers listed as John Lennon, John Buggle, William Walsh and William Dowling.
[edit] See also
- List of towns and villages in Ireland
- List of abbeys and priories in Ireland (County Kildare)
- List of castles in Ireland (County Kildare)
[edit] References
- ^ Census for post 1821 figures.
- ^ http://www.histpop.org
- ^ http://www.nisranew.nisra.gov.uk/census
- ^ Lee, JJ (1981). "On the accuracy of the Pre-famine Irish censuses". In Goldstrom, J. M.; Clarkson, L. A.. Irish Population, Economy, and Society: Essays in Honour of the Late K. H. Connell. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press.
- ^ Mokyr, Joel; O Grada, Cormac (November 1984). "New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700-1850". The Economic History Review. Volume 37 (Issue 4): 473–488. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0289.1984.tb00344.x. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120035880/abstract.
- ^ Statement of 1998
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