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KILBARCHAN , a See also:burgh of See also:barony of See also:Renfrewshire, See also:Scotland, ' m. from Milliken See also:Park station on the See also:Glasgow & See also:South-Western railway, 13 M. W. by S. of Glasgow. Pop. (1901), 2886. The public buildings include a See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, library and masonic See also:lodge (dating from 1784). There is also a park. In a See also:niche in the See also:town See also:steeple (erected in 1755) is the statue of the famous See also:piper, who died about the beginning of the 17th See also:century and is commemorated in the See also:elegy on " The See also:Life and See also:Death of Habbie See also:Simson, Piper of Kilbarchan " by See also:Robert See also:Sempill of Beltrees (1595-1665). The See also:chief See also:industries are manufactures of See also:linen (introduced in 1739 and dating the rise of the prosperity of the
including an interesting See also:series of basic lavas, rises from the See also:plain See also:north of See also:Kildare town (See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill of See also:- ALLEN, BOG OF
- ALLEN, ETHAN (1739–1789)
- ALLEN, GRANT CHARLES GRANT BLAIRFINDIEI, (1848–1899)
- ALLEN, JAMES LANE (1850– )
- ALLEN, JOHN (1476–1534)
- ALLEN, or ALLEYN, THOMAS (1542-1632)
- ALLEN, WILLIAM (1532-1594)
- ALLEN, WILLIAM FRANCIS (183o-1889)
Allen and See also:Chair of Kildare), with some Old Red See also:Sandstone on its flanks. The See also:limestone in this See also:ridge is See also:rich in fossils of See also:Bala See also:age, and has been compared with that at Portrane in See also:county See also:Dublin. The See also:low ground is diversified by eskers and masses of glacial See also:gravel, notably at the dry sandy See also:plateau of the See also:Curragh; but in See also:part it retains sufficient moisture to give rise to extensive bogs. The Liffey, which comes down as a See also:mountain-stream in the See also:Silurian See also:area, forming a picturesque fall in the See also:gorge of Pollaphuca, wanders through the limestone region between low See also:banks as a true See also:river of the plain.
See also:Climate and Industries.—Owing to a considerable degree to the large extent of See also:bog, the climate of the See also:northern districts is very moist, and fogs are frequent, but the eastern portion is drier, and the climate of the Liffey valley is very mild and healthy. The See also:soil, whether resting on the limestone or on the See also:clay See also:slate, is principally a rich deep See also:loam inclining occasionally to clay, easily cultivated and very fertile if properly drained. About 40,000 acres in the northern part of the county are included in the Bog of Allen, which is, however, intersected in many places by elevated tracts of See also:firm ground. To the See also:east of the town of Kildare is the Curragh, an undulating down upwards of 4800 acres in extent. The most fertile and highly cultivated districts of Kildare are the valleys of the Liffey and a See also:tract in the south watered by the Greese. The See also:demesne lands along the valley of the Liffey are finely wooded. More See also:attention is paid to drainage and the use of See also:manures on the larger farms than is done in many other parts of See also:Ireland. The pastures which are not subjected to the plough are generally very rich and fattening. The proportion of tillage to pasture is roughly as 1 to 21. See also:Wheat is a scanty See also:crop, but oats, See also:barley, turnips and potatoes are all considerably cultivated. See also:Cattle and See also:sheep are grazed extensively, and the See also:numbers are well sustained. Of the former, crosses with the shorthorn or the See also:Durham are the commonest breed. Leicesters are the See also:principal breed of sheep. Poultry farming is a growing See also:industry.
Though possessing a See also:good See also:supply of See also:water-See also:power the county is almost destitute of manufactures; there are a few small See also:cotton, woollen and See also:paper See also:mills, as well as breweries and distilleries, and several See also:corn mills. Large quantities of See also:turf are exported to Dublin by See also:canal. The See also:main See also:line of the Midland See also:Great Western follows the northern boundary of the county, with a See also:branch to Carbury and Edenderry; and that of the Great See also:Southern & Western crosses the county by way of Newbridge and Kildare, with southward branches to Naas (and Tullow, county See also:Carlow) and to See also:Athy and the south. The northern border is traversed by the Royal Canal, which connects Dublin with the See also:Shannon at Cloondara. Farther south the See also:Grand Canal, which connects Dublin with the Shannon at Shannon See also:Harbour, occupies the valley of the Liffey until at Sallins it enters the Bog of Allen, passing into See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's County near the source of the See also:Boyne. Several branch canals afford communication with the southern districts.
See also:Population and See also:Administration.—The decreasing population (70,206 in 1891; 63,566 in 1901) shows an unusual excess of See also:males over See also:females, in spite of an excess of male emigrants. About 86% of the population are See also:Roman Catholics. The county comprises 14 baronies and contains 110 See also:civil parishes. Assizes are held at Naas, and See also:quarter sessions at Athy, Kildare, See also:Maynooth and Naas. The military stations at Newbridge and the Curragh constitute the Curragh military See also:district, and the See also:barracks at Athy and Naas are included in the Dublin military district. The principal towns are Athy (pop. 3599), Naas (3836) and Newbridge (2903); with Maynooth (which is the seat of a Roman See also:Catholic See also:college), Celbridge, Kildare (the county town), Monasterevan, Kilcullen and Leixlip. Ballitore, one of the larger villages, is a Quaker See also:settlement, and at a school here See also:Edmund See also:Burke was educated. Kildare returned ten members to the Irish See also:parliament, of whom eight represented boroughs; it sends only two (for the north and south divisions of the county) to the parliament of the See also:United See also:Kingdom. The county is in the See also:Protestant See also:diocese of Dublin and the Roman Catholic dioceses of Dublin and of Kildare and Leighlin.
See also:History and Antiquities.—According to a See also:tale in the See also:Book of See also:Leinster the See also:original name of Kildare was Druim Criaidh (Drumcree), which it retained until the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of St Brigit, after which it was changed to Cilldara, the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of the See also:oak, from an old oak under whose See also:shadow the See also:saint had constructed her See also:cell. For some centuries it was under the See also:government of the Macmurroughs, See also:kings of Leinster, but with the See also:remainder of Leinster it was granted by See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry II. to Strongbow. On the See also:division of the See also:palatinate of Leinster among the five grand-daughters of Strong-See also:bow, Kildare See also:fell to Sibilla, the See also:fourth daughter, who married See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William de Ferrars, See also:earl of See also:Derby. Through the See also:marriage ofthe only daughter of William de Ferrars it passed to William de Vescy—who, when challenged to single combat by See also:John Fitz See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas, See also:baron of Offaly, for accusing him of See also:treason, fled to See also:France. His lands were thereupon in 1297 bestowed on Fitz Thomas, who in 1316 was created earl of Kildare, and in 1317 was appointed See also:sheriff of Kildare, the See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office remaining in the See also:family until the See also:- ATTAINDER (from the O. Fr. ataindre, ateindre, to attain, i.e. to strike, accuse, condemn; Lat. attingere, tangere, to touch; the meaning has been greatly affected by the confusion with Fr. taindre, teindre, to taint, stain, Lat. tingere, to dye)
attainder of Gerald, the ninth earl, in the reign of Henry VIII. Kildare was a See also:liberty of Dublin until 1296, when an See also:act was passed constituting it a See also:separate county.
In the county are several old gigantic See also:pillar-stones, the principal being those at Punchestown, Harristown, Jigginstown and Mullamast. Among remarkable earthworks are the raths at Mullamast, Knockcaellagh near Kilcullen, Ardscull near Naas, and the numerous sepulchral mounds in the Curragh. Of the See also:round towers the finest is that of Kildare; there are remains of others at Taghadoe, Old Kilcullen, Oughterard and Castledermot. Formerly there were an immense number of religious houses in the county. There are remains of a See also:Francis-can See also:abbey at Castledermot. At Grapey are ruins of an Augustinian nunnery and portions of a See also:building said to have belonged to the Knights See also:Templars. The town of Kildare has ruins of four monastic buildings, including the nunnery founded by St Brigit. The site of a monastery at Old Kilcullen, said to date from the time of St See also:Patrick, is marked by two See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone crosses, one of which is curiously sculptured. The See also:fine abbey of Monasterevan is now the seat of the See also:marquess of See also:Drogheda. On the Liffey are the remains of Great Connel Abbey near Celbridge, of St Wolstan's near Celbridge, and of New Abbey. At Moone, where there was a Franciscan monastery, are the remains of an See also:ancient See also:cross with curious sculpturings. Among castles may be mentioned those of Athy and Castledermot, built about the time of the Anglo-See also:Norman invasion; Maynooth See also:Castle, built by the Fitzgeralds; Kilkea, originally built by the seventh earl of Kildare, and restored within the 19th century; and Timolin, erected in the reign of King John.
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