Kilkea (Irish: Cill Chá)[1] is a village and civil parish in County Kildare, Ireland, about 75 km (47 mi) from Dublin, and 15 km (9.3 mi) from the town of Carlow. The R418 regional road from Athy to Tullow passes through the village.

Kilkea
Cill Chá
Village
Kilkea Castle
Kilkea is located in Ireland
Kilkea
Kilkea
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°56′52″N 6°53′34″W / 52.94778°N 6.89278°W / 52.94778; -6.89278
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Kildare
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Memorial outside the village
House in Kilkea

History edit

Formerly the land of the Ó Tuathails (O'Toole), after the Norman invasion, Sir Walter de Riddlesford built a motte and bailey castle there about 1180. It is part of the barony of Kilkea and Moone. Walter de Riddlesford's granddaughter, Emmeline Longespee, married Maurice FitzGerald, 3rd Lord of Offaly in 1273, and so the land passed to the Geraldine Earls of Kildare. Its importance as a town diminished after the rebellion of "Silken Thomas", the 10th Earl of Kildare, in 1534.

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  1. ^ "Cill Chá/Kilkea". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 14 October 2021.

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