Kildare (city)
Kildare ( Irish : Cill Dara , in German Church of the Oak ) is located in the west of the Irish county of the same name , but is not its administrative seat. Kildare has 8634 inhabitants (as of 2016).
history
The city emerged at the end of the 5th century from a double monastery founded by St. Brigida of Kildare - according to tradition in 470 . The Kildare Monastery became the mother monastery of numerous monasteries in the province of Leinster .
Etymology and Mythology
In Irish Celtic mythology , Brigid is considered the name of a goddess . Tradition has it that their sacred fire was guarded in their sanctuary in Kildare. Their name goes back to Brigantia , the tribal deity of the Celtic brigands . In the Irish legend Cath Maige Tuired , Brigid was the daughter of Dagda and wife of Bress and the mother of Ruadan . She was worshiped in three guises.
traffic
In Kildare, a railway line branches south to Kilkenny and Waterford , another west to Cork and east to the Irish capital Dublin .
Attractions
- Cathedral (Cathedral Church of St. Brigid) dedicated to St. Brigitta von Kildare (around 451-523) is consecrated
- Round Tower of Kildare
- Norman square tower from Kildare Castle
- Irish national stud with a Japanese garden
- Earl's Well
- St Brigid's Well
- Father Moore's Well
Town twinning
Kildare's partner municipality is Corps-Nuds in Brittany (France).
Personalities
- Brigida von Kildare (around 451-523), Roman Catholic saint
- Charles Handy (* 1932), economic and social philosopher
- Michèle Burke (* 1959), American make-up artist
- Claire Brady (* 1987), sprinter
- Devon Murray (born 1988), actor
literature
- Terence M. Dunne: The Peasant Movement During the Irish Revolution. The case of County Kildare , in: Work - Movement - History , Volume III / 2017, pp. 55–73.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Census 2016: Settlements - Kildare , result of the 2016 census, accessed on January 11, 2019.
- ↑ Jennifer Wenner: The early Christian mission in the British Isles and their influence on the continent . In: Erbe und Einsatz , Vol. 94 (2018), pp. 248–259, here p. 252.
- ↑ Myles Dillon, Nora Kershaw Chadwick: The Celts. From the prehistory to the Norman invasion . Parkland-Verlag, Cologne 2004 (first 1966), ISBN 3-89340-058-3 (Kindlers Kulturgeschichte), p. 260.
- ↑ Helmut Birkhan: Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-7001-2609-3 , p. 537.
- ↑ Helmut Birkhan: Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-7001-2609-3 , pp. 615–616.
- ↑ Kildare Twinning , accessed October 16, 2016
Coordinates: 53 ° 9 ′ N , 6 ° 55 ′ W