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Kildare Heritage Centre


Kildare Heritage Centre websiteKildare is an ancient cathedral town steeped in history. St. Brigid, one of Ireland's patron saints, established a nunnery here in the 6th century. On the original nunnery site there is today a magnificent 13th century cathedral flanked by a 9th century round tower.

Screenshot of Kildare Heritage CentreIn the town centre are located the remains of the castle of the famous Earls of Kildare, the once powerful Fitzgeralds, though only one of the three original towers remains today.

The cathedral and the castle are surrounded by a triangle of abbeys, the Black, the Grey and the White Abbeys.

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