Eadestown
Eadestown (/ˈeɪdstaʊn, ˈiːd-/; Irish: Baile Éide[1]) is a townland and parish in County Kildare, Ireland. It is situated on the R410 Regional Road south of Naas, between Naas and Blessington, County Wicklow.
Eadestown Baile Éide | |
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Village | |
Eadestown village | |
Eadestown Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°12′10″N 6°34′40″W / 53.2028°N 6.5778°WCoordinates: 53°12′10″N 6°34′40″W / 53.2028°N 6.5778°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Kildare |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Eadestown Parish
The Parish of Eadestown is composed of the civil parishes of Rathmore, Kilteel, Tipper and Haynestown. Its churches include the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Eadestown and St. Laurence O'Toole, Kilteel.[citation needed]
In 1995-2004 the parish was run by the "racing" priest Fr. Sean Breen.[2] Breen's "Heavenly syndicate" won €170,000 from one of its horses in 2002-2003.[3]
The parish church was altered and renovated by the noted church architect John Joseph Robinson, of Robinson and Keefe Architects for Rev.W. Lockhart P.P. in 1923. He subsequently designed the cathedral of Our Lady and St. Nicholas in Galway.[citation needed]
Tickell Memorial Fountain
A cast-iron fountain in the village, dated 1899, was erected in memory of Captain Thomas Tickell (1817-98) of Cheltenham in Gloucester by his County Kildare tenantry. It was cast by Tonge and Taggart (established 1869) of Dublin to designs by John Joseph O'Callaghan (c.1838-1905) of Nassau Street, Dublin. The fountain was designed for drinking at three levels with the lion-head spouts for humans, the circular trough for horses and the quarter-circle dishes at ground level for hounds.[4][5] The fountain is now disused.
Sport
Eadestown GAA club is based in Eadestown. The team won the Kildare Senior Football Championship in 1970. The club fields underage teams and also competes in the Kildare Senior Championship.
Punchestown Racecourse is also located in Eadestown and this hosts many annual meetings, including the national hunt festival, which is usually held in late April.
Notable people
- Tadhg Beirne, plays rugby union in the Pro14 for Munster. Previously played for Leinster and Scarlets. 2018 Guinness PRO14 Players' Player of the Year Award 2018.
- Jimmy O'Brien, plays for the Ireland national rugby team
See also
References
- ^ "Baile Éide/Eadestown". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 14 October 2010.
- ^ "Racing: Why Father Sean's forecasts could be the answer to your". The Independent. 3 February 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Tickell Memorial Fountain, NEWTOWN (RATHMORE ED), Eadestown, KILDARE". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH). Retrieved 10 June 2022.
- ^ "Captain Tickell's Fountain Eadestown". irishantiquities.bravehost.com. Retrieved 10 June 2022.