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Features: Irish Counties & Surnames - County Kildare

Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare by Lori Strang
Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare © 2016, Lori Strang
COUNTY KILDARE

Irish Name: Cill Dara
Nickname: The Short Grass County
Motto: Meanma agus Misneach (Spirit and Courage)
County Town: Naas
Province: Leinster
Region: Mid-East

Tartan: The County Kildare tartan is a traditional plaid pattern in light green and blue with red, gold, and brown accents. It was designed by Polly Kitteridge for the house of Edgar in 1997. (Reproduction rights restricted to House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.)

  • County Kildare Tartan

County Kildare Common Surnames

(Ireland Census):
Bolger, Byrne, Carroll, Connor, Doyle, Dunne, Farrell, Kelly, Moore, Murphy, Neill, Nolan, Ryan, Smith

(Irish Emigrants):
Fitzgerald, Hayde, Leonard, Moran, Murphy, Reed

Next page: County Kilkenny

References: The counties of Ireland and their nicknames, 2019, Aidan Lonergan, The Irish Post; Surname Connections to the Irish Counties, RootsWeb, 2007; Irish Surnames and Their Counties, A Letter From Ireland, 2016; Counties of Ireland, Wikipedia, The Scottish Register of Tartans.
Photo credits: (Header) County Kildare tartan pattern © 1997, House of Edgar, Perth Scotland; used with express permission from House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.; (Featured) Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare, 2016, Lori Strang, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 4.0, (Related Resources) Island of Ireland location map, © 2010, NordNordWest, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 3.0. Edited by Susan Wallace.
Related Resources

Location map of County Kildare
Location of County Kildare
Read about County Kildare at Wikipedia.

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