Maddenstown (Irish: Baile Uí Mhadaín) is a village in County Kildare, Ireland, south of The Curragh and east of Kildare town. It is situated in the barony of Offaly West and the parish of Ballysax.
Maddenstown
Baile Uí Mhadaín (Irish) | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Maddenstown Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°08′33″N 6°51′38″W / 53.14253°N 6.86043°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Kildare |
| Population | 133 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | N763108 |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 195 | — |
| 1936 | 183 | −6.2% |
| 1946 | 149 | −18.6% |
| 1951 | 165 | +10.7% |
| 1966 | 158 | −4.2% |
| 1971 | 310 | +96.2% |
| 1981 | 294 | −5.2% |
| 1986 | 244 | −17.0% |
| 1991 | 215 | −11.9% |
| 1996 | 189 | −12.1% |
| 2002 | 179 | −5.3% |
| 2006 | 154 | −14.0% |
| 2011 | 145 | −5.8% |
| 2016 | 133 | −8.3% |
| [2][3][4] | ||
Maddenstown is close to the Curragh race course and is a base for stud farms such as Michael Keogh's Ballysax Manor Stud and racehorse trainers Ms F M Crowley, Paul Deegan, JT Gorman, Caroline Hutchinson, Peter Henley and William Mark Roper. It is located close to the village of Cutbush, and had a population of 133 as of the 2016 census.[1]
History
editMaddenstown House was home to Captain William Kelly, horse racing enthusiast and patron of prize fighter Dan Donnelly. Ballyfair House was home to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland when races were staged at the Curragh Racecourse. James Touchet, third earl of Castlehaven's house at Maddenstown served as a refuge for "a great number of English protestants that had been robbed by the rebels’ and then helped them find their way to safety".[5]
Sport
edit- Suncroft GAA is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Maddenstown". Census 2016. CSO. April 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ "CSO census records". Archived from the original on 9 March 2005. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Maddenstown (Kildare, All Towns, Ireland) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information".
- ^ TCD, MS 813, fols. 285–285v