Conolly’s Folly
The Conolly Folly, a.k.a. The Obelisk, is an obelisk structure located between Celbridge, Leixlip and Maynooth in County Kildare, Ireland. It was built in the mid-18th century by the Conolly family, then owners of the Castletown Estate.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ilja Klutman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Maynooth railway station and Maynooth Castle.
Maynooth railway station
Railway station
Photo: Mihal Orela, CC BY 3.0.
Maynooth railway station serves the town of Maynooth in north County Kildare, Ireland. It is a key exchange station on the Dublin to Maynooth commuter services, Dublin to Mullingar/Longford long-distance commuter service and Dublin to Sligo InterCity service. Maynooth railway station is situated 2½ km northwest of Conolly’s Folly.
Maynooth Castle
Photo: William Murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Maynooth Castle is a ruined castle in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland which stands at the entrance to the South Campus of Maynooth University. Constructed in the early 13th century, it became the primary residence of the Kildare Fitzmaurice and Fitzgerald family. Maynooth Castle is situated 2½ km northwest of Conolly’s Folly.
Maynooth Library
Library
Photo: BIipblop, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Maynooth Library is situated 2½ km northwest of Conolly’s Folly.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maynooth and Celbridge.
Maynooth
Maynooth is a town in County Kildare, 30 km west of Dublin. Maigh Nuad means the plain of Nuadha, the mythical king who lost his arm in battle, was fitted with a silver one, then grew back his own.
Celbridge
Town
Photo: Ian Paterson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Celbridge is a town and townland on the River Liffey in County Kildare, Ireland. It is 23 km west of Dublin. Both a local centre and a commuter town within the Greater Dublin Area, it is located at the intersection of the R403 and R405 regional roads. Celbridge is situated 3½ km south of Conolly’s Folly.
Leixlip
Town
Photo: Magnolia677, CC BY 4.0.
Leixlip is a town in north-east County Kildare, Ireland. Its location on the confluence of the River Liffey and the Rye Water has marked it as a frontier town historically: on the border between the ancient kingdoms of Leinster and Brega, as an outpost of The Pale, and on Kildare's border with County Dublin. Leixlip is situated 4½ km east of Conolly’s Folly.
Conolly’s Folly
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: monument in County Kildare, Ireland
- Categories: folly, building, tourism, historic site, and monument
- Location: County Kildare, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.36943° or 53° 22′ 10″ northLongitude
-6.55992° or 6° 33′ 36″ westElevation
100 metres (328 feet)Open location code
9C5M9C9R+Q2OpenStreetMap ID
way 83428398OpenStreetMap feature
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historic=monumentOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Conolly’s Folly” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Conolly’s folly”
- French: “Baois Uí Chonghaile”
- French: “Conolly’s Folly”
- German: “Conolly’s Folly”
- Irish: “Baois Uí Chonghaile”
- Italian: “Conolly’s Folly”
- Spanish: “Conolly’s Folly”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Conolly’s Folly”. Photo: Ilja Klutman, CC BY-SA 2.0.