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Narraghmore
Irish: An Fhorrach Mhór | |
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Village | |
_-_geograph.org.uk_-_7540921.jpg) Battlemount House, in Narraghmore Demesne, was the former home of Maurice Keatinge (c.1761–1835) | |
  Narraghmore Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°03′N 6°50′W / 53.050°N 6.833°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Kildare |
| Population | |
• Total | 375 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Narraghmore (Irish: An Fhorrach Mhór)[2] is a village in County Kildare, Ireland. It lies within a civil parish of the same name.[2] Nearby villages include Ballytore, Calverstown, and Kilmead. As of the 2022 census, Narraghmore had a population of 375.[1]
Narraghmore village is 6.4 km from Ballytore and has the M9 motorway and R448 road to the west and the R418 road to the east.
History
[edit]Built heritage
[edit]Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort and enclosure sites in the townlands of Narraghmore, Narraghmore Demesne and Lipstown.[3][4][5] The Church of the Holy Saviour, a Church of Ireland chapel, was built between 1860 and 1863 as a private/estate chapel in Narraghmore Demesne.[6] Located on the site of an earlier church, some of the works on the church are attributed to the architect Robert Jewell Withers.[7] The former courthouse and post office in Narraghmore village, now a private house, dates from c. 1830 and may have been built to replace an earlier structure that was burned during the Irish Rebellion of 1798.[8]
1798 Rebellion
[edit]A number of actions, between the rebel United Irishmen and loyalist yeomanry and British Army, occurred in the Narraghmore area during the 1798 Rebellion. For example, during a rebel assault on Narraghmore's courthouse on 24 May 1798, three loyalists were killed and six were captured.[9]
In subsequent engagements in the area, including an assault involving several thousand rebels, seven loyalist troops and around 200 rebels were killed. A number of the Narraghmore yeomanry, who had sided and fought with the rebels, were killed. In nearby Dunlavin, suspected United Irish prisoners were executed, including nine yeomen from Narraghmore.[9]
On 27 May 1798, a group of British Army soldiers marching under a Colonel Campbell from Athy to Ballitore, destroyed the (recently completed and somewhat unfinished)[10] home of Colonel Maurice Keatinge at Narraghmore.[9] Keatinge, who represented Kildare in the Parliament of Ireland, had been suspected of supporting the United Irishmen.[9][11]
Amenities and sport
[edit]The village of Narraghmore has a Chinese take-away,[12] a pub,[13] and a community-run shop.[14] The Narraghmore Stud Farm is nearby.
The local Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club, St Laurence's GAA,[15] won the Kildare Senior Football Championship in 2009.[16]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 "Narraghmore (Ireland) Census Town". citypopulation.de. Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- 1 2 "An Fhorrach Mhór / Narraghmore". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ↑ Fanning, Thomas (1977). "Excavation of a ringfort at Narraghmore, Co. Kildare". Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society. 16 (1): 71–72.
- ↑ Record of Monuments and Places - County Kildare. Dublin: National Monuments and Historic Properties Service. 1995.
- ↑ "NMS mapping data | KD032-029---- | Ringfort - Rath : Narraghmore". Retrieved 22 January 2026 – via heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com.
- ↑ "Church of the Holy Saviour (Narraghmore), Narraghmore Demesne, Kildare". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
- ↑ "Narraghmore - Holy Saviour". gloine.ie. Church of Ireland. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
- ↑ "Narraghmore Post Office, Lipstown Upper, Narraghmore, Kildare". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "Rebellion Towns & Villages - Narraghmore". kildarelocalhistory.ie. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel, ed. (1837). "Narraghmore". A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. Lewis – via libraryireland.com.
- ↑ Woods, C. J. (October 2009), "Keatinge, Maurice Bagenal St Leger", Dictionary of Irish Biography, Royal Irish Academy, doi:10.3318/dib.004421.v1
- ↑ "Victoria House Asian Cuisine, Kildare". victoriahouseasiancuisine.com. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- ↑ "Mel's Of Narraghmore". melsofnarraghmore.com. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- ↑ "The Old Hardware | Shop & Tearoom | Narraghmore". theoldhardware.ie. 1 December 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- ↑ "St. Laurence's GAA | CLG Naomh Lorcán". stlaurencesgaa. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- ↑ "Club Titles - Kildare". hoganstand.com. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
