King Mesgegra’s Mound

King Mesgegra's Mound is a motte and ancient Irish royal site located in Clane, County Kildare, Ireland.

Type: Forest
Description: historic royal site in County Kildare, Ireland
Also known as: “Clane Motte”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Clane Friary and Alexandra Bridge.

Clane Friary

Ruins

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Clane Friary, also called Clane Abbey, is a former friary of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual located in Clane, Ireland.

The Kildare Hotel and Golf Club is a golf and leisure complex located in Straffan, County Kildare, Ireland. West of Dublin, it is built on the original grounds of the Straffan estate, incorporating the 1830s Straffan House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clane and Sallins.

Clane

Town

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Clane is a town in County Kildare, Ireland. With a population of 8,152 in 2022, it is the ninth largest town in Kildare and the 66th largest in Ireland.

Sallins

Town

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Sallins is a town in County Kildare, Ireland, situated 3.5 km north of the town centre of Naas, from which it is separated by the M7 motorway. Sallins is the anglicised name of Na Solláin which means "the willows".

Prosperous

Town

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Prosperous is a town in north County Kildare, Ireland. It is within the townland of Curryhills, at the junction of the R403 and R408 regional roads, about 40 km from Dublin.