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2024 Kildare County Council Election
An election to all 40 seats on Kildare County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. County Kildare is divided into 8 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). Results by party Retiring incumbents The following councillors are not seeking re-election: Results by local electoral area Athy Celbridge Clane Kildare Leixlip Maynooth Naas Newbridge Changes Changes in affiliation Co-options since 2024 *† Clane Social Democrat Cllr Aidan Farrelly was elected to the Dáil at the 2025 General Election for Kildare North. Paula Mulroe was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 19 December 2024. *†† Kildare Sinn Féin Cllr Shona Ni Raghallaigh was elected to the Dáil at the 2025 General ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kildare County Council
Kildare County Council () is the Local government in the Republic of Ireland, local authority of County Kildare, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, and natural environment, environment. The council has 40 elected members. Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote. The head of the council has the title of Cathaoirleach (local government), Cathaoirleach (chairperson). The county administration is headed by a Chief executive (Irish local government), chief executive, Sonya Kavanagh. The county town is Naas. History Kildare County Council was established on 1 April 1899 under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 for the administrative county of County Kildare, succeeding the former judicial county of Kildare. It was originally based at Naas Courthouse but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clane
Clane (; ) is a town in County Kildare, Ireland, from Dublin. With a population of 8,152 in 2022, it is the ninth largest town in Kildare and the 66th largest in Ireland. The town is on the River Liffey. Clane gives its name to the associated townland, civil parish, electoral division and surrounding barony. History Clane is located on the crossroads of the R403 and R407 regional roads. The town most probably owes its origin to the foundation of Clane Friary in the sixth century, from about 520 A.D., when Ailbe of Emly, Bishop of Ferns, founded an Abbey in Clane and made St. Senchel the Elder its first Abbot. Saint Ultan Tua, who used to put a stone into his mouth to prevent him from speaking during Lent, and his brother Fotharnaise, are said to have been buried in Clane. They were brothers of Maighend, Abbot of Kilmainham, from whom the parish and church of Mainham, near Clane, were probably called. King Mesgegra's Mound claims links to the legendary first-century AD ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naoise Ó Cearúil
Naoise Ó Cearúil (born 1988/1989) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare North constituency since the 2024 general election. Early life Born and raised in Maynooth, he was educated in Leixlip, Kilcock and Maynooth. He is a graduate of Maynooth University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Business and Law in 2011 and a Diploma in Irish. While at Maynooth, he was president of the university's Irish society, ''Cuallacht na Gaeilge'', and the Law Society. Career He was first elected to Kildare County Council at the 2014 local elections for the Maynooth local electoral area at the age of 24. Re-elected in 2019 and again in 2024, he has previously served as Mayor of Kildare from 2021 to 2022. He was chosen to run at the 2024 general election with James Lawless James Lawless (born 19 August 1976) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maynooth
Maynooth (; ) 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, Maynooth, St Patrick's College, a Pontifical University and Ireland's sole 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. Location and access Maynooth is located on the Roads in Ireland, R148 road between Leixlip and Kilcock, with the M4 motorway (Republic of Ireland), M4 motorway bypassing the town. Other roads connect the town to Celbridge, Clane, and Dunboyne. Maynooth is also on the Dublin-Sligo railway line and is served by the Commuter (Iarnród Éireann), Commuter and InterCity (Iarnród Éireann), InterCity train services. Etymology Maynooth com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Neville (politician)
Joseph Neville (born 1978/1979) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare North constituency since the 2024 general election. Neville was a member of Kildare County Council from 2014 to 2024, for the Leixlip area. He was mayor of County Kildare in 2024. He is a qualified chartered accountant, having trained with PwC. He has worked with various corporations as a financial controller, including Dublin Airport Authority, and Kerry Group. He works as the CFO of Swyft Energy as of 2024. He lives in Leixlip, County Kildare County Kildare () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the Local gove ..., with his wife Caroline and their three children. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Neville, Joe Living people 1970s births Members of the 34th Dáil Fine Gael TDs Peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leixlip
Leixlip ( or ; , ) is a town in north-east County Kildare, Ireland. Its location on the confluence of the River Liffey and the Rye Water has marked it as a frontier town historically: on the border between the ancient kingdoms of Leinster and Brega, as an outpost of The Pale, and on Kildare's border with County Dublin. Leixlip was also a civil parish in the ancient barony of Salt North. As of 2022, the population of the town was 16,773. It is the fifth largest town in Kildare, and the 30th largest in Ireland. Name The placename comes from the Old Norse ''lax hlaup'' ( Younger Futhark: ᛚᛅᚼᛋ ᚼᛚᛅᚢᛒ; ) which means "salmon leap". The name in the Irish language (''Léim an Bhradáin'') is a direct translation of this, and was first adopted in the 1890s. In Latin, it is ''Saltus salmonis'', from which comes the names of the baronies of North Salt and South Salt. History Leixlip was a possible site of the Battle of Confey, in which the Viking King Sigtrygg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh (born ) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare South constituency since the 2024 general election. Early and personal life She has four children. She speaks fluent Irish. Before becoming a TD she was a primary school teacher. Ní Raghallaigh is involved in the County Kildare chapter of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign. She has Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), which she was diagnosed with as an adult. Political career She was elected at the 2024 Kildare County Council election in June 2024. She served as a councillor until she was elected to the Dáil in November 2024. Political views On election to the Dáil, Ní Raghallaigh told ''The Irish Times'' "Promoting Gaeilge is a core priority for me. I believe the language is more than just a cultural treasure; it's a tool for connection and identity and it deserves a vibrant future". Ní Raghallaigh stated that she sees the Dáil as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aidan Farrelly
Aidan Farrelly (born ) is an Irish Social Democrats politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare North constituency since the 2024 general election. He retained the seat for the Social Democrats, previously held by the party's retiring founder Catherine Murphy. Farrelly previously represented the Clane area on Kildare County Council from 2019 to 2024. He is a lecturer in social policy and youth work at Maynooth University, having experience in Kildare Youth Services. Early life and education Farrelly grew up in Clane. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Applied Social Sciences from St Patrick's, Carlow College in 2008. He went on to complete a Master of Science in Community and Youth Work in 2018 and a Doctorate of Social Science in 2024, both at Maynooth University. Career Farrelly began his career in community development and youth work. He contributed to Clane Youth Project in 2007. From 2008 to 2021, he was a team leader in Kildare Youth Services. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athy
Athy ( ; ) is a market town at the meeting of the River Barrow and the Grand Canal in south-west County Kildare, Ireland, 72 kilometres southwest of Dublin. A population of 11,035 (as of the 2022 census) made it the sixth largest town in Kildare and the 45th largest in the Republic of Ireland, a growth of 82% since the 2002 census. Name Athy or is named after a 2nd-century Celtic chieftain, Ae, who is said to have been killed on the river crossing, thus giving the town its name "the town of Ae's ford". The ''Letters of the Ordnance Survey'' (1837) note that "The town is now called by the few old people who speak Irish there and in the Queen's County /nowiki>Laois">Laois.html" ;"title="/nowiki>Laois">/nowiki>Laois/nowiki>, , pronounced Blahéé", where ''éé'' stands for English 'ee' [i:] as clarified by a note written in pencil in Irish as ''Blá thí''. History According to Elizabethan historian William Camden, Ptolemy's map of Ireland circa 150 AD names the Rheban d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newbridge, County Kildare
Newbridge, officially known by its Irish language, Irish name Droichead Nua (), 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 List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland, sixteenth-largest in Ireland. Name The Irish language name of the town is the official name, "An Droichead Nua", meaning simply "The New Bridge" and was introduced in the 1930s. Noble and Keenan's map of Kildare 1752, drawn before the town was started, marks 'The New Bridge' in the vicinity of 'Old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Irish Local Elections
The 2024 Irish local elections were held in all local authorities in Ireland on Friday, 7 June 2024. European Parliament elections were held on the same day. It also included the 2024 Limerick mayoral election, for the first directly elected mayor in Ireland. Each local government area (a city, a county, or a city and county) is divided into local electoral areas (LEAs) where three to seven councillors are elected on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). This year saw a record number of women standing for election, with 31.4% (682 out of 2,171 candidates) being female. 26.1% of those elected were women (248 out of 949), a small increase compared to the last elections. Voter turnout for the elections was 49.4%, the first time less than half of registered voters participated, slightly down from 50.2% in 2019. Election timetable * 5 April: Ministerial order fixing the election date made by Darragh O'Brien, the Minister for Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kildare
Kildare () is a town in County Kildare, Ireland. , its population was 10,302, making it the 7th largest town in County Kildare. It is home to Kildare Cathedral, historically the site of an important abbey said to have been founded by Saint Brigid of Kildare in the 5th century. The Curragh lies east of the town. The town lies on the R445, some west of Dublin – near enough for it to have become, despite being a regional centre in its own right, a commuter town for the capital. Although Kildare gives its name to the county, Naas is the county town. History Founding by Saint Brigid Rich in heritage and history, Kildare Town dates from the 5th century, when it was the site of the original 'Church of the Oak' and monastery founded by Saint Brigid. This became one of the three most important Christian foundations in Celtic Ireland. It was said that Brigid's mother was a Christian and that Brigid was reared in her father's family, that is with the children of his lawful wif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
