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Things to do in Kildare town
County Kildare
Kildare town sits on the edge of the Curragh, with the round tower standing over the square and the stud out on its edge.
4 of the 20 places on our County Kildare list are in Kildare town: Irish National Stud and Japanese Gardens, St Brigid's Cathedral and Round Tower, Kildare Town Heritage Centre and Kildare town. Between them a garden, a cathedral and a museum.
On our Kildare list
3 places in and around Kildare town.
Irish National Stud and Japanese GardensGarden · Kildare townTully is still a working thoroughbred farm, and the Japanese gardens beside it were laid out between 1906 and 1910.
St Brigid's Cathedral and Round TowerCathedral · Kildare townThe 13th century cathedral stands on the town square, and the round tower beside it is open to climb for the view out over the plain.- Kildare Town Heritage CentreMuseum · Kildare townSt Brigid and the town itself, told in the old market house on the square.
The top of the Kildare list
- Irish National Stud and Japanese GardensGarden · Kildare townTully is still a working thoroughbred farm, and the Japanese gardens beside it were laid out between 1906 and 1910.
Castletown House and ParklandsHouse and gardens · CelbridgeIreland's first Palladian country house went up from 1722 at Celbridge, with parkland running down to the Liffey behind it.- St Brigid's Cathedral and Round TowerCathedral · Kildare townThe 13th century cathedral stands on the town square, and the round tower beside it is open to climb for the view out over the plain.
The CurraghPark · NewbridgeTwo thousand hectares of unfenced grass between Newbridge and Kildare town, grazed by sheep and worked every morning by racehorses.
Donadea Forest ParkForest · ClaneNear Clane, forest laid out around the ruins of Donadea Castle, with a lake, a walled garden and a 9/11 memorial inside it.
Maynooth CastleCastle · MaynoothKeep and gatehouse of the Fitzgerald stronghold, standing at the top of Maynooth main street beside the university gates.