Maddenstown

Maddenstown (Irish: Baile Uí Mhadaín) 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

Baile Uí Mhadaín
Village
Maddenstown
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°08′33″N 6°51′38″W
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Kildare
Population
 (2016)[1]
133
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid ReferenceN763108
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1926195—    
1936183−6.2%
1946149−18.6%
1951165+10.7%
1966158−4.2%
1971310+96.2%
1981294−5.2%
1986244−17.0%
1991215−11.9%
1996189−12.1%
2002179−5.3%
2006154−14.0%
2011145−5.8%
2016133−8.3%
[2][3][4]

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.[1]

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”.[5]

Sport

See also

References
  1. "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Maddenstown". Census 2016. CSO. April 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  2. "CSO census records". Archived from the original on 2005-03-09. Retrieved 2009-08-23.
  3. https://www.histpop.org
  4. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ireland/towns/kildare/0662__maddenstown/
  5. TCD, MS 813, fols. 285–285v
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