Newbridge

History & Culture

Aylmer’s Folly / Tower of Allen

Aylmer’s Folly, also known as the Tower of Allen, is a nineteenth-century cylindrical stone tower on the Hill of Allen in County Kildare. Built by Sir Gerald George Aylmer, it remains one of the county’s most recognisable historic landmarks.

Newbridge · Newbridge

History & Culture

Newbridge Silverware Visitor Centre

Iconic Irish design, museum, and café.

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Cafés

Grounded Coffee House

Specialty coffee and homemade baking on Main Street.

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Pubs

O'Briens Bar & Grill

Lively pub grub and weekend atmosphere on Edward Street.

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Attractions

Curragh Racecourse

Curragh Racecourse – Where Legends and Hooves Meet You know you’re somewhere special when the land beneath you has been hosting horse races for nearly 300 years. That’s the feeling at Curragh Racecourse, set right in the heart of Kildare’s wide, grassy plains. It’s more than a sporting venue—it’s the beating heart of Irish flat […]

Newbridge · Newbridge

History & Culture

Gibbet Rath

Gibbet Rath: Where Hope Met Tragedy on the Curragh Plain If you’re exploring the open, grassy expanse of the Curragh, a place not to miss is Gibbet Rath—a rath (ancient earthwork) that became forever linked with one of Ireland’s darkest moments: the 1798 Rebellion. What Happened Back in May 1798, after suffering a defeat at […]

Newbridge · Curragh

History & Culture

Father Moore’s Well

Father Moore’s Well – A Place of Healing and Memory Tucked off the Milltown Road near Kildare, down a quiet boreen, is Father Moore’s Well—one of County Kildare’s most cherished holy wells. It’s far more than a pool of water; it’s a living tradition, a place where faith, folklore, and hope come together. The Man […]

Newbridge · Kildare

Attractions

Royal Curragh Golf Club

Royal Curragh Golf Club – Tee Off Where History and Nature Converge Hidden in the sweeping plains of Kildare, the Royal Curragh Golf Club is more than just a golf course — it’s the oldest golf club in Ireland, with roots stretching back to 1858. A Course Born from Plain Beauty This isn’t manicured parkland […]

Newbridge · Curragh

History & Culture

The Wrens of the Curragh

The Wrens of the Curragh: A Courageous Community on the Plains Out on the windswept plains of the Curragh in County Kildare, during the mid-1800s, lived a group of women who became known—sometimes harshly—as “the Wrens.” Their homes weren’t houses in the traditional sense, but hollows, ditches, banks, and furze bushes that sheltered them like […]

Newbridge · Curragh

Attractions

The Curragh Military Museum

The Curragh has been part of Ireland’s story for ages — prehistoric times, medieval high kings, Jacobite armies, British rule — it’s all layered in this stretch of plains. Now there’s a museum here that lets you walk through those layers, and see how land, military, people and nature have all shaped each other. The […]

Newbridge · Curragh

History & Culture

Curragh Military Cemetery

The Curragh Military Cemetery: Quiet History in the Plains Just east of the Curragh Camp, along the low rolling ground between Newbridge and Kildare town, sits the Curragh Military Cemetery. It isn’t large or flashy — just a walled plot with a few trees, a sense of order, and a lych-gate dating back to 1869. […]

Newbridge · Curragh

History & Culture

Donnelly’s Hollow

Donnelly’s Hollow: Where an Irish Legend Was Made In the heart of the Curragh, just outside Athgarvan, lies a natural dip in the land that once went by the name Belcher’s Hollow. Today it’s known almost exclusively as Donnelly’s Hollow — a title earned on one unforgettable day in 1815. That November, Irishman Dan Donnelly, […]

Newbridge · Kildare