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Kilmead

Village in County Kildare, Ireland

Field	Value
name	Kilmead
native_name
native_name_lang	ga
settlement_type	Village
image_skyline	File:Saint Itas Church - geograph.org.uk - 502713.jpg
image_caption	Saint Ita's church, Kilmead
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
population_total	309
population_density_km2	auto
timezone1	WET
utc_offset1	+0
timezone1_DST	IST (WEST)
utc_offset1_DST	-1
coordinates
blank_name	Irish Grid Reference
blank_info

Kilmead (), known for census purposes as Kilmeade, is a small village in County Kildare, Ireland. It is 7 km north-east of Athy, on the R418 road.

History

National monuments in the area include the "Rath of Mullaghmast" and Kilkea Castle, the ancestral home of the Fitzgeralds. The name "Kilmead" is believed to be derived from a term meaning "middle church". The lands of Kilmead were in the possession of the Fitzgerald family until the rebellion of Silken Thomas in 1534.

Saint Ita's Catholic church in Kilmead is dated to 1798.

Public transport

Route 817, operated by Bus Éireann on behalf of the National Transport Authority, is the main bus route serving the village, providing a daily service to and from Athy, Dublin and other locations. Bus Éireann route 130 also serves Kilmead (once a day Mondays to Fridays inclusive), before continuing to Kilcullen, Naas and Dublin. South Kildare Community Transport operate a twice-a-day route Mondays to Fridays inclusive into Athy. The nearest train station is Athy railway station.

References

"Kilmeade (Ireland) Census Town".
"Cill Míde / Kilmead". Placenames Database of Ireland.
"Kilmead - Local History". kildare.ie.
"Saint Ita's Catholic Church, Kilmead, Kildare". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
"Route 817: Kilkenny - Dublin - Naas - Castlecomer".
(2017-02-21). "Travel anywhere in Ireland by bus or coach with Bus Éireann e.g. Dublin, Cork, Galway, etc".
"Route2 Athy Castledermot Timetable 2010".

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