Ardclough
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Ardclough, officially Ardclogh (; ), is a village and community in the parish of Kill, County Kildare, Ireland. It is two miles (3 km) off the N7 national primary road. It is the burial place and probable birthplace of Arthur Guinness, who is said to have returned to the maternal homestead of the Reads at Huttonread to give birth in the tradition of the time.
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Place details
- Locality
- Kilternan
- Region
- Leinster
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 0
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Kildare
- Elevation
- 61
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Grand Canal Towpath at Ardclough, Co. Kildare - geograph.org.uk - 1366454.jpg
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- Irish Grid Reference
- N954284
- Commons category
- Ardclough
- historic county
- County Wicklow
- native label
- Áth Cloch
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Encyclopedic overview
24 sectionsContents
- Location
- Geology
- Etymology
- Habitat
- Amenities
- History
- Royal site
- Historic buildings
- Grand canal
- Notable events
- Economy
- Ardclough Relocates
- Sport
- GAA
- Equestrianism
- Other sports
- Clubs
- People
- Lived in Ardclough
- Born in Ardclough
- Buried in Ardclough
- Bibliography
- References
- External links
Ardclough, officially Ardclogh (; ), is a village and community in the parish of Kill, County Kildare, Ireland. It is two miles (3 km) off the N7 national primary road. It is the burial place and probable birthplace of Arthur Guinness, who is said to have returned to the maternal homestead of the Reads at Huttonread to give birth in the tradition of the time.
==Location== Ardclough is located below two detached foothills of the Wicklow Mountains, Lyons Hill and Oughterard on some of the most fertile soils in Ireland. The River Liffey passes within a one kilometre radius. The main transport arteries to the south and south west of Ireland pass through, the main railway line to Cork and Tralee, the canal to Shannonbridge, and the N7 which passes nearby.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ardclough” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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