Kildare

Kildare is a town in 50 km southwest of Dublin, and part of the city's commuter belt. It's best known for its cathedral, and for its thoroughbred stud farm.
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  • Type: Town with 10,300 residents
  • Description: town in County Kildare, Ireland
  • Also known as: “Cill Dara” and “Kildare Village”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kildare and Irish National Stud.

Railway station
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railway station is a railway station in along the Dublin to Cork main line, and is served by Dublin commuter services as well as intercity services from Dublin Heuston to Limerick, Galway, Westport, Waterford, and Tralee.

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The is a Thoroughbred horse breeding facility in Tully, Kildare, , Ireland. It was formally established by incorporation on 11 April 1946 under the National Stud Act, 1945 and is owned by the Irish Government.

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cut Bush.

Village
Cutbush or is a village in , . It is south of , 6 km south-east of Kildare town and 6 km south-west of . The village is in the civil parish of Ballysax, which had a population of 342 as of the 2016 census. is situated 7 km southeast of Kildare.

Kildare

Latitude
53.1568° or 53° 9′ 25″ north
Longitude
-6.9117° or 6° 54′ 42″ west
Population
10,300
Elevation
100 metres (328 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IE KIL
Open location code
9C5M534Q+P8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52241483
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2963436
Wiki­data ID
Q917865
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Kildare” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كيلدير”
  • Asturian: “Kildare”
  • Basque: “Kildare”
  • Belarusian: “Кілдэр”
  • Breton: “Cill Dara”
  • Bulgarian: “Килдеър”
  • Catalan: “Kildare”
  • Cebuano: “Kildare”
  • Chinese: “基尔代尔镇”
  • Chinese: “基尔德尔”
  • Chinese: “基爾代爾”
  • Chinese: “基爾代爾鎮”
  • Cornish: “Cill Dara”
  • Czech: “Kildare”
  • Danish: “Cill Dara”
  • Danish: “Kildare”
  • Dutch: “Cill Dara”
  • Dutch: “Kildare Town”
  • Dutch: “Kildare”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كيلدير”
  • French: “Cill Dara”
  • French: “Kildare”
  • German: “Kildare”
  • Greek: “Κιλνταίρ”
  • Hebrew: “קילדאר”
  • Indonesian: “Cill Dara”
  • Indonesian: “Kildare”
  • Irish: “Cill Dara”
  • Italian: “Kildare”
  • Japanese: “キルデア (アイルランド)”
  • Latin: “Kildaria”
  • Lithuanian: “Kildare”
  • Lithuanian: “Kilderas”
  • Manx: “Cill Dara”
  • Manx: “Keeill Darey”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kildare”
  • Norwegian: “Kildare”
  • Persian: “کیلدار”
  • Polish: “Kildare”
  • Portuguese: “Kildare”
  • Russian: “Килдэр”
  • Russian: “Киль-Дара”
  • Scots: “Kildare”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cill Dara”
  • Silesian: “Kildare”
  • Slovak: “Kildare”
  • Spanish: “Kildare”
  • Swedish: “Cill Dara”
  • Swedish: “Kildare”
  • Urdu: “کلڈیئر”
  • Welsh: “Cill Dara”
  • Welsh: “Kildare”

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