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Maddenstown

Field	Value
name	Maddenstown
native_name	ga
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
population_total	133
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

|1926|195 |1936|183 |1946|149 |1951|165 |1966|158 |1971|310 |1981|294 |1986|244 |1991|215 |1996|189 |2002|179 |2006|154 |2011|145 |2016|133 Maddenstown () is a village in County Kildare, Ireland, south of The Curragh and east of Kildare town. It is situated in the barony of Offaly West and the parish of Ballysax.

Maddenstown is close to the Curragh race course and is a base for stud farms such as Michael Keogh's Ballysax Manor Stud and racehorse trainers Ms F M Crowley, Paul Deegan, JT Gorman, Caroline Hutchinson, Peter Henley and William Mark Roper. It is located close to the village of Cutbush, and had a population of 133 as of the 2016 census.

History

Maddenstown House was home to Captain William Kelly, horse racing enthusiast and patron of prize fighter Dan Donnelly. Ballyfair House was home to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland when races were staged at the Curragh Racecourse. James Touchet, third earl of Castlehaven's house at Maddenstown served as a refuge for "a great number of English protestants that had been robbed by the rebels’ and then helped them find their way to safety".

Sport

Suncroft GAA is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club.

References

(April 2016). "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Maddenstown". CSO.
"CSO census records".
"Archived copy".
"Maddenstown (Kildare, All Towns, Ireland) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information".
TCD, MS 813, fols. 285–285v

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