By 1855 the Mass House which had served the people of Celbridge for over one hundred years was in a poor state of repair. It was situated in front of the present church. It was known as a Mass House as Mass was the only service allowed in it. . . . — — Map (db m143176) HM
The Irish Poor Law System
The origins of the Irish Workhouse system lie in the Irish Poor Law Act passed by the parliament of the United Kingdom in 1838.
The Act, entitled an Act for the More Effectual Relief of the Poor in Ireland was . . . — — Map (db m143231) HM
"Along the banks of that river, amid the groves and bowers of Swift and Vanessa, I grow convinced that I was right."
Henry Grattan
INTRODUCTION
Celbridge (Cill Droichid: 'Church by the Bridge' originally angicised to . . . — — Map (db m143210) HM
Tá Eastát Castletown, Cill Droichid i mbaile clúiteach Arthur Guinness agus tailte cúirtéireachta Jonathan Swift, údar Gulliver's Travels.
Lonnaithe sa stair chlúiteach seo, is é Castletown an teach mór ar stíl Phallaidiach is mó clú . . . — — Map (db m143409) HM
• The original Celbridge Manor was built at the beginning of the 18th century by Bartholemew Van Homrigh, a wealthy Dutch merchant, who was Purchaser of Provisions and Commissioner of Ordnance for the victorious forces of King William III.
• . . . — — Map (db m143209) HM
Pray
for the souls
of all
poor and afflicted
whose bodies
have been laid
in this cemetery
since 1841
R.I.P.
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This Holy Ground is . . . — — Map (db m143226) HM
Through this gate from 1841 onwards passed the
bodies of deceased inmates of the Celbridge Union
Workhouse on their way to burial in these
grounds. The Workhouse System conducted its
burials in a characteristically efficient manner
and . . . — — Map (db m143227) HM
C Company, 1st Battalion,
Dublin Brigade, I.V.
Four Courts & Interned
in Stafford & Frongoch 1916
Unveiled by Cllr. Frank O'Rourke
21st February 2016 — — Map (db m143171) WM
Erected by his numerous friends of all classes
and of all creeds in memory of
Sir Gerald Dease, K.C.V.O.
Born 17th July 1831, died 18th October 1903.
A man of stainless honour, who used his high position
and great . . . — — Map (db m143180) HM
The origins of our town
In ancient times there were five principal roads in Ireland. One of these roads was known as the "Slí Mhór". It extended from Dublin Bay to Galway Bay and forded the river Liffey in Celbridge just below where the Mill . . . — — Map (db m143545) HM
