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| | Celbridge or Kildrought Civil Parish, County Kildare, Ireland, Lewis, 1837 description ©Jane Lyons |
 | | CELBRIDGE, or KILDROUGHT, a market and post-town, and a parish, partly in the barony of SOUTH SALT, but chiefly in that of NORTH SALT, county of KILDARE, and province of LEINSTER, 4½ miles (N. from Naas, and 11 (W. by S.) from Dublin ; containing 2421 inhabitants, of which number, 1647 are in the town. |
 | | This town, pleasantly situated on the left bank of the river Liffey, over which is a handsome stone bridge, and on the turnpike road from Dublin to Prosperous, is indebted for its origin to the Limerick family, from whom it was purchased by the Rt. |
 | | In the Roman Catholic divisions this parish is the head of a union or district, comprising the parishes of Celbridge and Straffan, in each of which is a chapel. |
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