Kildare (city)

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St. Brigid's Cathedral of Kildare
Kildare round tower
Norman tower

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

Saint Brigid's cross

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

literature

Web links

Commons : Kildare  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Census 2016: Settlements - Kildare , result of the 2016 census, accessed on January 11, 2019.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Kildare Twinning , accessed October 16, 2016

Coordinates: 53 ° 9 ′  N , 6 ° 55 ′  W