List of National Monuments in County Kildare
National Monuments
Table:
NM#

Monument name

Description

Image

Townland

Location
681	Conolly's Folly	Folly/Obelisk	Barrogstown West
53°22′09″N 6°33′38″W﻿ / ﻿53.369076°N 6.560519°W﻿ / 53.369076; -6.560519﻿ (Conolly's Folly)

471	Castledermot Round Tower	Round Tower & Crosses	Castledermot
52°54′38″N 6°50′06″W﻿ / ﻿52.910458°N 6.834934°W﻿ / 52.910458; -6.834934

200	Castledermot Abbey	Friary (Franciscan)	Castledermot
52°54′31″N 6°50′14″W﻿ / ﻿52.908556°N 6.837141°W﻿ / 52.908556; -6.837141

394	Furness Church	Church	Forenaghts Great
53°13′24″N 6°36′05″W﻿ / ﻿53.22336275°N 6.60147609°W﻿ / 53.22336275; -6.60147609

629	Grange Castle	Castle	Grange West
53°22′30″N 7°04′05″W﻿ / ﻿53.375118°N 7.068169°W﻿ / 53.375118; -7.068169

528	Jigginstown House	House - 16th/17th Century	Jigginstown
53°12′50″N 6°40′57″W﻿ / ﻿53.213788°N 6.682488°W﻿ / 53.213788; -6.682488

275	Kilteel Castle	Castle & Cross	Kilteel Upper
53°14′03″N 6°31′32″W﻿ / ﻿53.234136°N 6.525565°W﻿ / 53.234136; -6.525565

485	Maynooth Castle	Castle	Maynooth
53°22′51″N 6°35′40″W﻿ / ﻿53.38079°N 6.5944°W﻿ / 53.38079; -6.5944﻿ (Maynooth Castle)

674	Moone High Cross	High Cross	Moone
53°46′31″N 7°30′01″W﻿ / ﻿53.775218°N 7.500249°W﻿ / 53.775218; -7.500249

589	Mullaghreelan Rath	Ringfort	Mullaghreelan
52°56′09″N 6°52′24″W﻿ / ﻿52.935953°N 6.873419°W﻿ / 52.935953; -6.873419

71	Old Kilcullen	Church, Round Tower & Crosses	Old Kilcullen
53°06′25″N 6°45′45″W﻿ / ﻿53.106967°N 6.762521°W﻿ / 53.106967; -6.762521﻿ (Old Kilcullen)

190	Oughter Ard Tower	Round Tower & Church	Oughter Ard
53°16′40″N 6°33′57″W﻿ / ﻿53.277716°N 6.565894°W﻿ / 53.277716; -6.565894

305	Punchestown Longstone	Standing Stone	Punchestown Great
53°11′31″N 6°37′43″W﻿ / ﻿53.191838°N 6.628536°W﻿ / 53.191838; -6.628536

404	Rathcoffey Castle	Castle gatehouse	Rathcoffey Demesne
53°19′53″N 6°39′53″W﻿ / ﻿53.331396°N 6.664763°W﻿ / 53.331396; -6.664763

503	St John's Tower	Tower, formerly part of hospital	Skenagun
52°54′41″N 6°50′23″W﻿ / ﻿52.911404°N 6.839839°W﻿ / 52.911404; -6.839839

70, 578	Taghadoe	Round Tower and Church	Taghadoe
53°21′12″N 6°36′48″W﻿ / ﻿53.353199°N 6.613237°W﻿ / 53.353199; -6.613237

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The Conolly Folly ( Irish : Baois Uí Chongaile ) , a.k.a . The Obelisk , is an obelisk structure and National Monument located near Maynooth , County Kildare , Ireland .
Castledermot Round Tower is a 10th-century round tower in Castledermot , County Kildare , Ireland . The tower , and the high crosses nearby , are a National Monument .
Castledermot ( Irish : Diseart Diarmada , meaning Dermot 's Hermitage ) is an inland village in the south-east of Ireland in County Kildare , about 75 km ( 47 mi ) from Dublin , and 10 km ( 6.2 mi ) from the town of Carlow . The N9 road from Dublin to Waterford previously passed through the village but upon completion of a motorway bypass in 2010 , it was redesignated the R448 .
Castledermot Abbey is a ruined Franciscan friary in Castledermot , County Kildare , in the Republic of Ireland . It was founded in about the year 1300 . A previous monastery was founded on the same site by Diarmait , a son of Áed Róin , King of Ulster , in the ninth century AD .
Furness Church is a 13th-century Norman church located in County Kildare , Ireland .
Grange Castle , Irish : Caisleán na Gráinsí , is in Grange West , County Kildare , Ireland . It is an Irish National Monument .
Jigginstown Castle is a ruined 17th-century house and National Monument near Naas , County Kildare , Ireland . It was constructed in the late 1630s when Ireland was under the reign of Charles I ( 1625-1649 ) . At the time it was one of the largest buildings in Ireland , and the first to be constructed of red brick : the plans provided for a pavement and columns of Kilkenny marble . Jigginstown Castle was built on the periphery of an area known as The Pale , which was on the outskirts of Dublin . It was an area which was guarded on its outskirts by the English plantation settlers to protect valuables and livestock . The castle has also been previously known as Siggingstown Castle . Thomas Wentworth , Earl of Strafford and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the 1630s , was responsible for the construction . His intention was for the castle to be a place where the King could reside on royal visits to Ireland . The downfall and execution for treason of Lord Strafford in 1641 meant that the house was never completed , and it was largely destroyed during the civil strife of the 1640s , although , according to Strafford 's biographer Veronica Wedgwood , the foundations were still visible in the 1950s . The basement and castle 's ground floor still stand to this day .
Kilteel ( Irish : Cill Chéile ) is the name of a village , townland and civil parish located in the barony of South Salt , County Kildare , Ireland . The townland of Kilteel Upper contains the remains of a church with a decorated Romanesque chancel arch , the ruins of a 13th-century preceptory of the Knights Hospitaller and a well-preserved 15th-century tower house . The historic settlement is located on the southwest corner of the English Pale and served an important function as a border fortress during the medieval period .
Kilteel ( Irish : Cill Chéile ) is the name of a village , townland and civil parish located in the barony of South Salt , County Kildare , Ireland . The townland of Kilteel Upper contains the remains of a church with a decorated Romanesque chancel arch , the ruins of a 13th-century preceptory of the Knights Hospitaller and a well-preserved 15th-century tower house . The historic settlement is located on the southwest corner of the English Pale and served an important function as a border fortress during the medieval period .
Maynooth Castle is a ruined 12th century castle in Maynooth , County Kildare , Ireland which stands at the entrance to the South Campus of Maynooth University . Constructed in the early 13th century , it became the primary residence of the Kildare Fitzmaurice and Fitzgerald family .
Maynooth ( /məˈnuːθ/ ; Irish : Maigh Nuad ) is a university town in north County Kildare , Ireland . It is home to Maynooth University ( part of the National University of Ireland and also known as the National University of Ireland , Maynooth ) and St Patrick 's College , a Pontifical University and Ireland 's main Roman Catholic seminary . Maynooth is also the seat of the Irish Catholic Bishops ' Conference and holds the headquarters of Ireland 's largest development charity , Trócaire . Maynooth is located 24 kilometres ( 15 miles ) west of central Dublin .
Moone ( Irish : Maoin or Maen Colmcille , meaning Colmcille 's property ) is a small village in the south of County Kildare , Ireland . It is on the former N9 road ( now by-passed ) about 80 km ( 50 mi ) south of Dublin . It has only a few hundred inhabitants , a church , a national school , one shop and a small community centre . There is also pub called the Moone High Cross Inn .
Mullaghreelan Rath ( Irish : Ráth Mhullach Raoileann ) is a ringfort ( rath ) and National Monument located in County Kildare , Ireland .
Mullaghreelan Rath ( Irish : Ráth Mhullach Raoileann ) is a ringfort ( rath ) and National Monument located in County Kildare , Ireland .
Old Kilcullen , formerly Kilcullen ( Cill Chuilinn , the Church of the Holly in Irish ) , is a townland in County Kildare , Ireland , which includes a noted religious archaeological site within its boundary . As a townland it is relatively large ( 792 acres ) but lightly populated ( 79 premises ) . The location of the townland is roughly contained within the R418 and R448 routes starting at its most northerly point , a crossroads known locally as Thompson 's Cross . The townland continues south from this point as far as Harklow and is intersected in its north east corner by the M9 motorway at Abbeyaun . Old Kilcullen was formerly the site of a walled town , and before that of an ecclesiastical settlement dating from the 5th century . The original settlement gave its name to the substantial surrounding civil parish and barony . The urban centre of the area moved 2 km north-east to Kilcullen Bridge on the River Liffey , often now simply known as Kilcullen , following the construction of a bridge there in 1319 . Old Kilcullen is just under 5 km from Newbridge and approximately 13 km from Naas . Old Kilcullen is the site of a round tower and a decorated High Cross . Another , much older , historic site , Dun Ailinne , is located approximately one kilometre away to the north at Knockaulin .
Oughterard ( Irish : Uachtar Árd , a high place ) is an ecclesiastical hilltop site , graveyard , townland , and formerly a parish , borough and royal manor in County Kildare , nowadays part of the community of Ardclough , close to the Dublin border . It is the burial place of Arthur Guinness .
Punchestown Longstone is a menhir ( standing stone ) and National Monument near Naas , Ireland .
Rathcoffey Castle is a 15th century castle found in Rathcoffey , County Kildare , Ireland . It is a National Monument .
Saint John 's Tower , also called the Pigeon Tower , is a tower in Castledermot , County Kildare , Ireland . A former bell tower , it is all that remains of a medieval leper hospital and is a National Monument .
Taghadoe in County Kildare is the site of an ancient monastic settlement and Round Tower , there is a graveyard and the ruins of a 19th-century church . It is situated 5 km from Maynooth , off the Straffan Road . The name is derived from Teach Tua or House of Tua in Irish , Saint Tua ( Ultan the Silent ) the abbot of Clonmacnoise , was responsible for founding the monastic settlement here . The site dates back to the 6th Century . The Round Tower used for about 1000 years but was left in ruins by the 17th Century . Most of the burials were in the 17th and 18th century and it was used by Roman Catholics . A John Dillon of Carton had bequeathed £1,000 for the building of a church on the site ; the Duke of Leinster was the executor of his will . The Church which was constructed on the site in 1831 for the Church of Ireland by a donation from the Board of First Fruits of £830 , this church was only active for 40 years and while derelict its walls are quite intact . The Tower was declared a National Monument in 1886 , and the site is in the care of the Office of Public Works ( OPW ) .