Newbridge
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Key facts
- Country
- Ireland
- Province
- Leinster
- County
- County Kildare
- Total
- 6.26 km (2.42 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 90 m (300 ft)
- Rank
- 16th
- Density
- 3,632/km (9,410/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC±0 ( WET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+1 ( IST )
- Eircode
- W12
- Telephone area code
- 045
- Irish grid reference
- N801152
- Website
- newbridge .ie
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Kildare
- Area
- 16.31
- Elevation
- 90
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Body of water
- Liffey
- Official website
- www.newbridge.ie
- Image
- Newbridge - aerial - 2025-06-29 07.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- historic county
- County Kildare
- Irish Grid Reference
- N801152
- Commons category
- Newbridge, County Kildare
- native label
- Droichead Nua
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Newbridge, officially known by its Irish name Droichead Nua ( pronounced [ˈd̪ˠɾˠɛçəd̪ˠ ˈn̪ˠuə]), is a town in County Kildare, Ireland. While the nearby Great Connell Priory was founded in the 13th century, the town itself formed from the 18th century onwards, and grew rapidly alongside a military barracks which opened in the early 19th century. Taking on the name Newbridge (An Droichead Nua) in the 20th century, the town expanded to support the local catchment, and also as a commuter town for Dublin. Doubling in population during the 20 years between 1991 and 2011, its population of 24,366 in 2022 makes it the second largest town in Kildare and the sixteenth-largest in Ireland.
Name
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Newbridge” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.