Maynooth Castle
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: William Murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Maynooth railway station and Maynooth Library.
Maynooth railway station
Railway station
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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 410 metres southeast of Maynooth Castle.
Maynooth Library
Library
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Maynooth Library is situated 340 metres east of Maynooth Castle.
National Science Museum at Maynooth
Museum
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The National Science and Ecclesiology Museum at Maynooth is a science museum and museum of ecclesiology, located on the joint campus of St Patrick's College, Maynooth and Maynooth University, Ireland. National Science Museum at Maynooth is situated 390 metres southwest of Maynooth Castle.
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
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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 6 km southeast of Maynooth Castle.
Leixlip
Town
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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 7 km east of Maynooth Castle.
Maynooth Castle
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: castle in County Kildare, Ireland
- Categories: castle, tourism, and historic site
- Location: County Kildare, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.38114° or 53° 22′ 52″ northLongitude
-6.59407° or 6° 35′ 39″ westOpen location code
9C5M9CJ4+F9OpenStreetMap ID
way 31510307OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q6797465
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In Other Languages
From French to Ukrainian—“Maynooth Castle” goes by many names.
- French: “château de Maynooth”
- French: “Château de Maynooth”
- German: “Maynooth Castle”
- Irish: “Caisleán Mhaigh Nuad”
- Japanese: “メイヌース城”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Maynooth”
- Romanian: “Castelul Maynooth”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Мейнут”
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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 “Maynooth Castle”. Photo: William Murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.