Milltown, County Kildare Explained

Milltown
Native Name Lang:ga
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Leinster
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:County Kildare
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2016
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population:344
Population Density Km2:auto
Utc Offset1:+0
Timezone1 Dst:IST (WEST)
Utc Offset1 Dst:-1
Coordinates:53.2049°N -6.8608°W
Blank Name:Irish Grid Reference

Milltown (meaning "town of the mill") is a village in County Kildare, Ireland. The village is in the townland of the same name in the civil parish of Feighcullen[2] It is 7 km from the town of Newbridge. It is on the R415 regional road between Allenwood and Crookstown.

Demographics

In the 2002 Census, the village had a population of 271, by 2006 this had shrunk by 10.7% to 242. At the 2016 census, the population of Milltown village was 344.[1]

Churches

Milltown is part of the Allen Parish. The Church of St Brigid is located in Milltown. The present Church of St Brigid was built in 1817. An inserted tablet records -A Chapel of ease was erected here in 1817 by Rev. John Lawler P.P. and the subscription of the faithful. It was renovated and reroofed in 1961. The Rev. John Lawlor who erected the Church, was Parish Priest of Allen 1802 to 1830. He was a native of Morristown in the parish of Monasterevan. A portion of the east gable of an older chapel of the penal times still stands near the modern church. An even older church at Milltown or Ballymuillen is mentioned again in Dr McGeoghegan's list of churches. The Church of St Brigid underwent major renovation in 2007/08.

People

Sport

Milltown is home to Milltown GAA, which was founded in 1888.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sapmap Area: Settlements Milltown . Census 2016 . . 5 October 2021.
  2. http://www.logainm.ie/en/25811 Placenames Database of Ireland