| Castle Name | Condition | Description | Early Founder(s) -- Time Period(s) Contructed | Parish/Townland | Ord | Residency | Links |
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| Ardree Castle | Earthworks of a possible 12th century motte and bailey castle. | S 6698 | http://web.ukonline.co.uk/nigel.bacon/castles/data/ireland/a/ardree.htm | ||||
| Aylmer Castle (Cloncurry Castle) | Ruin | A 12/13th century motte and bailey castle. | N 6544 | http://www.goireland.com/scripts/low/area.asp?AreaType=T&AreaID=6675 http://web.ukonline.co.uk/nigel.bacon/castles/data/ireland/c/cloncurry.htm |
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| Barberstown Castle | Full* | Barby | http://www.barberstowncastle.ie/ | ||||
| Belan Castle | Ruin | http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/k/belan.htm | |||||
| Bigarz Castle | A 12th century motte and bailey castle. | S 6698 | http://web.ukonline.co.uk/nigel.bacon/castles/data/ireland/b/bigarz.htm | ||||
| Carberry Castle (Carbury Castle, Carbery Castle) | Ruin | A 16th century towerhouse on the site of an earlier motte and bailey castle. | late 16th century strong-house | Carbury | N687350 | http://cloghmore.bravepages.com/kildare/carbury.html http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/k/carbery.htm http://web.ukonline.co.uk/nigel.bacon/castles/data/ireland/c/carbury.htm |
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| Carrig Castle (Carrick Castle) | Ruin | http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/k/carrick.htm http://homepage.eircom.net/~hgeissel/Hrtg/ArchPics/Medieval/CarrickCastle.htm |
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| Castle Brown (Castle Browne, Clongowes Wood College) | Full* | http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/k/clane.htm http://www.clongowes.com/ |
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| Castle Martin (Balimore Eustace castle) | None | A 13th century motte and bailey castle built for the Archbishop of Dublin. | N 9311 | http://npje.com/pages/eustacehistory.htm http://web.ukonline.co.uk/nigel.bacon/castles/data/ireland/b/balimore.htm |
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| Castledermot Round Tower | Round Tower | S784850 | http://roundtowers.org/castledermot/index.htm | ||||
| Castle-Rickard (Old) | None | http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/k/castlerickard.htm | |||||
| Clane Castle | Ruins | http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/k/clane.htm | |||||
| Confoy Castle (Confey Castle) | Ruins | http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/k/confoy.htm http://kildare.ie/education/confeycollege/leixlip/History.htm http://www.iol.ie/~sancarlo/places.htm |
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| Donadea Castle | Partial* | A ruined castle. | http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/k/donadea.htm http://kildare.ie/Local-History/donadea/donadea-castle.htm http://web.ukonline.co.uk/nigel.bacon/castles/data/ireland/d/donadea.htm |
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| Dun Ailinne | Ruins | royal site of Ui Dunlainge | Kilcullen | http://www.nd.edu/~ikuijt/Ireland/Sites/lcoss/summary.html | |||
| Grange Castle | Full* | Bermingham | http://www.ils.ie/grange/gr-hist.htm http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/k/carrick.htm |
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| Jigginstown Castle (Sigginstown House) | Ruin | http://kildare.ie/Heritage/History/historic/castlesindex.htm | |||||
| Kildare Round Tower | Round Tower | N725127 | http://cloghmore.bravepages.com/kildare/kildare_cathedral.html http://roundtowers.org/kildare/index.htm |
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| Kilkea Castle | Full* | A 19th century rebuilding of a 15/16th century towerhouse. (Was this original or a reproduction?). Nearby is the original 12th century motte. | de Lacy, Fitzgerald | Castledermot | S 7497 | http://www.kilkeacastle.ie/kilpag/castle.htm http://web.ukonline.co.uk/nigel.bacon/castles/data/ireland/k/kilkea.htm |
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| Kilteel Castle | Full* | A five-storeyed 15th century towerhouse with gate tower. | Fitzgerald (c1220), Clifford (1335), Fownes -- 15th century tower | N984212 | http://cloghmore.bravepages.com/kildare/kilteel.html http://kildare.ie/heritage/historic-sites/kilteel-castle.asp http://kildare.ie/Heritage/History/historic/castles/kilteel-castle.htm http://web.ukonline.co.uk/nigel.bacon/castles/data/ireland/k/kilteel.htm |
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| Leixlip Castle | Full* | de Hereford (1172) | http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/k/leixlip.htm http://kildare.ie/leixlip/places-of-interest/leixlip-castle.asp |
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| Lyons Hill | An early seat of the kings of Leinster. | http://web.ukonline.co.uk/nigel.bacon/castles/data/ireland/l/lyonshill.htm | |||||
| Maynooth Castle | Partial | A great tower with curtain walls and gatehouse, dating from the end of the 12th century to the 15th. | Fitzgerald (1203 - 1656) | Maynooth | N935376 | http://cloghmore.bravepages.com/kildare/maynooth.html http://kildare.ie/Heritage/History/historic/castles/maynooth-castle.htm http://web.ukonline.co.uk/nigel.bacon/castles/data/ireland/m/maynooth.htm |
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| Naas Castle | An Anglo-Norman motte castle. | N 8919 | http://web.ukonline.co.uk/nigel.bacon/castles/data/ireland/n/naas.htm | ||||
| Old Connell Castle | Site of an early Anglo-Norman motte castle. | N 8016 | http://web.ukonline.co.uk/nigel.bacon/castles/data/ireland/o/old_connell.htm | ||||
| Old Kilcullen | N829070 | ||||||
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| Oughterard Castle | A small rectangular towerhouse of unknown date. | N 9526 | http://web.ukonline.co.uk/nigel.bacon/castles/data/ireland/o/oughterard.htm | ||||
| Pollardstown Castle | Either an Irish ring-fort or an Anglo-Norman site. | N 7715 | http://web.ukonline.co.uk/nigel.bacon/castles/data/ireland/p/pollardstown.htm | ||||
| Rathcoffey Castle | Ruin | Wogan (c1300s), Rowan (1800) | http://kildare.ie/Heritage/History/historic/castles/rathcoffey-castle.htm http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/k/balrahan.htm |
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| Rheban Castle | Ruins | http://kildare.ie/Heritage/History/historic/castles/castle-rheban.htm http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/k/churchtown.htm |
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| Sallins Castle | None | http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/k/bodenstown.htm | |||||
| White Castle (Athy White Castle) | Full* | A rectangular towerhouse of three or four storeys. | S682940 | http://cloghmore.bravepages.com/kildare/athy.html http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/k/athy.htm http://web.ukonline.co.uk/nigel.bacon/castles/data/ireland/a/athy.htm |
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| Woodstock Castle | A 13th century ruin. | http://web.ukonline.co.uk/nigel.bacon/castles/data/ireland/w/woodstock.htm |
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