Eadestown

Eadestown Baile Éide
Town
Eadestown Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°07′16″N 6°20′39″W / 53.1210°N 6.3441°W / 53.1210; -6.3441Coordinates: 53°07′16″N 6°20′39″W / 53.1210°N 6.3441°W / 53.1210; -6.3441
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	County Kildare
Population (2002)
• Urban	183
Time zone	WET (UTC+0)
• Summer (DST)	IST (WEST) (UTC-1)

Eadestown (Irish: Baile Éide) is a small town in County Kildare, Ireland. It is situated on the R410 Regional Road south of Naas, between Naas and Blessington, County Wicklow.

The Church of Immaculate Conception

Eadestown Parish

The Parish of Eadestown is composed of the civil parishes of Rathmore, Kilteel, Tipper and Haynestown. Its churches are: The Immaculate Conception, Eadestown; St. Laurence O'Toole Kilteel.

In 1995-2004 the parish was run by the popular racing priest Fr. Sean Breen.^[1] Breen's "Heavenly syndicate" won £170,000 from one of its horses in 2002-03.^[2]

Parish Church

The Parish church was altered and renovated by the famous church architect John Joseph Robinson, of Robinson and Keefe Architects for Rev.W. Lockhart P.P. in 1923. He subsequently designed the cathedral of Our Lady and St. Nicholas in Galway.

Sport

Eadestown GAA is based in Eadestown. The team won the Kildare Senior Football Championship in 1970. Eadestown GAA fields numerous underage teams and also competes in the Kildare Junior Championship. Punchestown Racecourse is also located in Eadestown and this host many annual meetings, with the highlight being a national hunt festival, usually held in late April.

Pronunciation

Traditional local families pronounce the name as /ˈeɪdstaʊn/ ("ayds"-town), while many others pronounce it as /ˈiːdstaʊn/ ("eeds"-town).

Footnotes

External links

http://www.maplandia.com/ireland/east/kildare/eadestown/

Eadestown Village

Places in County Kildare

County town: Naas

Towns	Athy Celbridge Clane Kilcock Kildare Leixlip Maynooth Naas Newbridge Sallins

Villages and Townlands	Allen Allenwood Ardclogh Ballitore Ballymore Eustace Calverstown Caragh Carbury Castledermot Coill Dubh Derrinturn Eadestown Hawkfield Johnstown Kilberry Kilcullen Kildangan Kill Kilmead Kilmeage Kilteel Lullymore Milltown Monasterevin Moone Narraghmore Nurney Prosperous Rathangan Robertstown Sallins Straffan Staplestown Suncroft Timolin

Landforms	Bog of Allen Cupidstown Hill Curragh Grand Canal Hill of Allen River Barrow River Blackwater River Boyne Figile River River Greese River Liffey Lyreen River Morell River River Rye Royal Canal

Topics	Geography of County Kildare List of National Monuments in County Kildare List of townlands of County Kildare Mountains and hills of County Kildare Rivers of County Kildare

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