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KILDARE , a See also:market See also:town and the See also:county town of county Kildare, See also:Ireland, in the See also:south See also:parliamentary See also:division, a junction on the See also:main See also:line of the See also:Great See also:Southern & Western railway, 3o. m. S.W. from See also:Dublin, the See also:branch line to See also:Athy, See also:Carlow and See also:Kilkenny diverging southward. Pop. (1901), 1576. The town is of high antiquarian See also:interest. There is a See also:Protestant See also:cathedral 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, the See also:diocese of which was See also:united with Dublin in 1846. St Brigit or See also:Bridget founded the religious community in the 5th See also:century, and a See also:fire sacred to the memory of the See also:saint is said to have been kept incessantly burning for several centuries (until the See also:Reformation) in a small See also:ancient See also:chapel called the Fire See also:House, See also:part of which remains. The cathedral suffered with the town from frequent burnings and destructions at thehands of the Danes and the Irish, and during the Elizabethan See also:wars. The existing church was partially in ruins when an extensive restoration was begun in 1875 under the direction of G.E. See also:Street; while the See also:choir, which dated from the latter part of the 17th century, was rebuilt in 1896. See also:Close to the church are an ancient See also:cross and a very See also:fine See also:round See also:tower (its See also:summit unhappily restored with a See also:modern See also:battlement) 105-1 ft. high, with a See also:doorway with unusual See also:ornament of Romanesque See also:character. There are remains of a See also:castle of the 13th century, and of a Carmelite monastery. From the elevated situation of the town, a striking view of the great central See also:plain of Ireland is afforded. Kildare was incorporated by See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James II., and returned two members to the Irish See also:parliament.
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