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History. The house was built by Bartholomew Van Homrigh, who at the time was the Lord Mayor of Dublin, in 1697. It is, however, more famous as the childhood (1688–1707) and later adult (1714–23) home of his daughter, Esther Vanhomrigh, (1688–1723), who was Dean Swift 's 'Vanessa'. Swift was known to travel frequently to Celbridge Abbey to ...
St. Wolstan's Priory is located on the eastern edge of Celbridge, on the south bank of the River Liffey; it lies 1 km (0.62 mi) southeast of Castletown House and about 1.8 km (1.1 mi) east-northeast of Celbridge's Main Street. History
Bridges over the River Liffey outside Greater Dublin, from east to west. Sewage treatment works bridge. Leixlip Bridge [Leixlip Road] M4 motorway. New Bridge [R404] Liffey Bridge (Celbridge Bridge) [Dublin Road, Celbridge] A footbridge immediately to the south of the road bridge in Celbridge. Rock Bridge [footbridge at Celbridge Abbey] Straffan ...
The present church building was built c. 1860, incorporating material from the medieval church (c. 1600). [7] The placename dates to the 19th century, when many English workers were brought over to work at Celbridge mill; the locals noted the large amounts of tea they drank, and the tealeaves that they threw into the roadway, [8] and Church ...
English: Christ Church, Church of Ireland, Celbridge. The pillars in the foreground with the unusual figures mark the beginning of the tree-lined road to Castletown House. The church was funded by the Board of First Fruits and built in 1812–1813.
Lucan, Dublin. / 53.3544°N 6.4486°W / 53.3544; -6.4486. Lucan ( / ˈljuːkən / LEW-kən; Irish: Leamhcán) is a suburban town in County Dublin, located 12 km west of Dublin city centre, on the River Liffey. It is near the Strawberry Beds and Lucan Weir, and at the confluence of the River Griffeen.
Straffan parish is now joined to Celbridge. [citation needed] Straffan's ruined parish church (St. Patrick's Church) in the graveyard at the centre of the village can be dated to the 15th century from its distinctive bell cote, and defensive living quarters over the main building in the manner of Oughter Ard and other local churches.
Other bridges. Deck of Jane Coston cycle bridge between Milton and Cambridge. The Tony Carter bridge is a covered cycle bridge over the railway just north of Cambridge railway station opened in 1989. It was listed at the time in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's longest covered cycle bridge.