Interesting Facts

Antlers of a Giant Irish Deer which roamed Ireland about 9500 B.C. were found in Kilwogan, Celbridge about seventy years ago.
Before the present bridges were built over the Liffey at Celbridge there were two fords.
There were three Norman castles at Castletown and walls of the castle are still standing.
King Henry VIII , closed down St. Wolstan's Monastery in 1536 where monks lived for 334 years.
The Obelisk was built in 1739 to provide employment for the poor. The were paid ½ p per day.
A piped water supply was provided in Celbridge 1940. Prior to this, water was provided by manually operated pumps.
In the 1930's Wednesday night was known to the people of Celbridge as "Cattle Night".
On that night cattle were driven by road from the farms to the Dublin Cattle Mart.
Prior to World War II a feature of life in Celbridge was the sight of carts laden with turf and hay passing through on their way to Dublin.
The first Dublin - Celbridge bus service was provided about 1920. The buses were ex-British army lorries which were no longer required after World War I.
In 1659 the population of Celbridge was 102, the land was owned by nine families and the most common name was Kelly.
In 1674 there were three fair days a year in the town. The fair day was always colourful and exciting when cattle, sheep, horses, donkeys, goats and pigs were bought in gold.
The population of Celbridge in 1837 was 1,647 and their public transport consisted of a coach and four cars.