Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Celbridge

Celbridge, vil. with ry. sta., Kildrought and Donaghcumper par., NE. co. Kildare, on river Liffey, 11 m. W. of Dublin, pop. 988; P.O., T.O. The vil. is 1½ m. N. of the ry. sta., which is called Hazelhatch and Celbridge. The seat of Celbridge Abbey, in the immediate neighbourhood, was a favourite retreat of Dean Swift.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Kildare IrlC
Place: Celbridge

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