1722 – Castletown House, Celbridge, Co. Kildare
Architect: Alessandro Galilei & Edward Lovett Pearce
Castletown is the largest and grandest Palladian country house in Ireland. It was built for William Conolly (1662-1729),
1724 – Oakley Park, Celbridge, Co. Kildare
Architect: Thomas Burgh
Oakley Park, formerly Celbridge House, was built in 1724 by Arthur Price when he was vicar of Celbridge,
1730s – St Wolstan’s, Celbridge, Co. Kildare
The buildings of St. Wolstan’s priory were probably converted into a house for Sir John Alen before his death in 1561.
1737 – Collegiate School, Celbridge, Co. Kildare
Architect: Thomas Burgh
Designed by Chief Surveyor Thomas Burgh, who died before completion, the former Collegiate School is a shallow U-shape in plan,
1740 – Obelisk, Castletown, Celbridge, Co. Kildare
Architect: Richard Cassels
Designed by Richard Cassels, the obelish is 140 feet high and is composed of several arches,
1780s – The Abbey, Celbridge, Co. Kildare
Celbridge Abbey was built by Bartholomew Van Homrigh, Lord Mayor of Dublin, in 1697. It was his daughter, Esther Van Homrigh who has been immortalised as ‘Vanessa’ by Jonathan Swift.
Town faces monstrous fate, all in the name of progress
Of all the travesties perpetrated in the name of progress in Ireland, this surely has to be the grimmest A fate is being proposed for the pleasant little town of Celbridge which is so monstrous,
