Kill (County Kildare)

Kill An Chill Kill
Coordinates	53 ° 15 ′  N , 6 ° 35 ′  W Coordinates: 53 ° 15 ′  N , 6 ° 35 ′  W
Basic data
Country	Ireland
province	Leinster
county	Kildare
height	61 m
Residents	3348 (2016)

Kill ( Irish An Chill , in German " Die Kirche" , also Cill Corbáin , "Corbán's Church" ) is a village and a parish in County Kildare, Ireland, near the border with County Dublin on the N7 . According to the 2016 census, Kill has 3,348 residents.

history

Excavations during the widening of the N7 in 2004 found evidence of early settlement in the area, including a hill fort from the Late Bronze Age or the Early Iron Age and three circular burial mounds.

Kill is said to be the burial place of nine kings of the Uí Faeláin who later became the O'Byrnes and lived in Naas . The last of them, Cerball mac Muirecáin , was buried in 909. On the outskirts there are also remains of a moth by John de Hereford , which probably dates from the 12th century. In addition, a commander of the Order of St. John from the 13th century by Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Lord of Offaly, was found on Kilhill and existed until the Reformation .

In 1775 members of the Whiteboys were active in Kill . As part of the Irish rebellion in 1798 , the stopping of a stagecoach in Kill caused a stir. In the 18th century, the name Kill Hill was common for kill. During the Irish War of Independence, two men of the Royal Irish Constabulary were shot in Kill on August 21, 1920 . Shortly afterwards, British troops attacked Broughal's Pub and abandoned RIC barracks were burned down. Kill was in a prominent location across a road to Dublin in general.

The village won the Irish Entente Florale in 1987.

economy

In 1945 Tom Roche founded the Castle Sand Company for the mining of building materials, which later became Roadstone Ltd. and again later became Cement Roadstone Holding . The company's local mining areas and offices became major employers in the Kill area until they closed in 1982.

In 1973 the horse dealer Goffs lost his auction area in Dublin, so he settled in Kill on the N7 and founded Goffs Kildare Paddocks with a large sales arena and associated stables. Goffs not only serves the regional market, but is an internationally known horse auctioneer with sales in the millions.

By the late 1970s, Kill was becoming more and more of a commuter village as over 70% of the population commuted to Dublin for work every day .

Population development

1821	1831	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901	1911	1926	1936	1946	1951	1956	1961	1966	1971	1981	1986	1991	1996	2002	2006	2011	2016
310	626	405	361	212	215	202	152	109	90	101	95	90	127	169	186	287	480	1268	1503	1518	1711	2246	2510	3095	3348
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Religion and recreational facilities

There are two churches in the village: St. Brigid's Catholic Church and St. John's, which belongs to the Church of Ireland . St. John's has an unusual organ donated by members of the Bourke family ( Earls of Mayo ) with the key colors reversed.

In 1693, the parishes of Kill and Lyons Hill were merged. The current Catholic Church was built in 1821 and expanded in 1973. Legend has it that the bell of St. Brigid's in 1829 was the first to ring as part of the celebrations for Catholic emancipation .

In 1954 and 1955 branches of Muintir na Tíre and Macra na Feirme were established in Kill . There is currently an active branch of the Irish Countrywomens Association .

The local choir group "Kill Singers" has had great success in national and international competitions in recent years.

Sports

From 1978 to 2000, the Irish Masters were held in the Goffs presentation arena . The invitation tournament was the most traditional professional snooker tournament in Ireland.

In Kill there is a club of the Gaelic Athletic Association , which reached the semi-finals of the Kildare SF championships in 1962 .

Personalities

• John Ponsonby (1713–1787, lived in Kill), speaker in the Irish House of Commons
• William Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby (1744-1806), chief of the Irish Whigs ; lived in kill
• George Ponsonby (1755–1816), leader of the British Whig Party in the British House of Commons
• Percy Jocelyn (1764-1843), bishop; lived in kill
• William Ponsonby (1772–1815), Major General, died in the Battle of Waterloo
• Mary Ponsonby (1776–1861), wife of Charles Gray, 2nd Earl Gray
• John Devoy (1842–1928), rebel leader
• Gerard Sweetman (1908-1970), Irish Treasury Secretary; lived in kill
• Ernie Lyons (1914-2014), motorcyclist
• Patrick Malone (1916–1993), politician; lived near kill
• Iris Kellett (1926–2011), show jumper
• Pat Taaffe (1930-1992), jockey; lived in kill
• Liam O'Flynn (1945-2018), musician
• Charlie McCreevy (* 1949), Irish Minister of Finance and European Commissioner for the Internal Market; attended elementary school in Kill
• Ted Walsh (born 1950), jockey and horse racing coach
• Heidi Talbot (* 1980), musician

literature

• Tony Carr: Time to Kill: Memories of Kill Village . 2004.
• Eugene Corry, Jim Tincres: The Annals of Ardclugh . 2004.
• Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society
  Volume I: pp. 17, 36, 298.
  Volume II: pp. 181-185.
  Volume III: S 456.
  Volume VI: S 93, 474.
  Volume XII: P. 340, 432.

Web links

• Information about kill

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Census 2016 Sapmap Area: Settlements Kill. Central Statistics Office, 2016, accessed March 17, 2019 .  
2. ^ Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society, Volume I ; Pp. 17, 36 and 298
3. ^ Lewis Topography, 1837.
4. ↑ James Dorney. On the One Road (2002)
5. ↑ About Goffs: History , Goffs homepage, accessed on October 21, 2019
6. ^ Goffs (auctions / references) in the Turf-Times, accessed on October 21, 2019
7. ↑ Tony Carr: Time to Kill: Memories of Kill Village . 2004.
8. ↑ Kill singers. Archived from the original on December 4, 2009 ; accessed on March 17, 2019 (English).