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Calverstown () is a small village in County Kildare, Ireland. It lies south of the town of Kilcullen and about from each of the towns of Athy, Kildare, Naas and Newbridge. It is an old settlement located close to the archaeological sites of Dún Ailinne and Old Kilcullen. The village has a stream running through it with another to the south. As of the 2016 census, Calverstown had a population of 699.

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Place details

Locality
Calverstown
Region
Leinster
Country
Éire / Ireland
Population
699
Timezone
Europe/Dublin

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Key facts

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Location in Ireland
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Country
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Ireland
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Province
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Leinster
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County
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County Kildare
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Metric
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2016
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699
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WET

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  • Battles at Ballyshannon and Kilrush
  • Birth of motor racing
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Calverstown () is a small village in County Kildare, Ireland. It lies south of the town of Kilcullen and about from each of the towns of Athy, Kildare, Naas and Newbridge. It is an old settlement located close to the archaeological sites of Dún Ailinne and Old Kilcullen. The village has a stream running through it with another to the south. As of the 2016 census, Calverstown had a population of 699.

== History == thumb|The ruins of Calverstown Castle, a 17th-century manor house, incorporate an earlier tower house Calverstown has been in existence as a named location since the early medieval period. An early reference to lands described as "Terra Philippi Vituli" (Latin for "Philip of Calves land") provides an unaudited confirmation in the form of a petition from the Order of Hospitallers of Kilmainham listing their possessions to Pope Innocent III in 1212. The Irish name Baile an Chalbhaigh was historically anglicised as Ballinchalwey, Ballinchallowe and Ballinchalloe.

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