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Castletown House
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Main Street, Celbridge, Co. Kildare
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| Category: Historical in Leixlip |
| Ireland's finest Palladian country house, is an imposing building built in 1722 for William Conolly, the Speaker of the Irish House of Commons. |
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Saint Marys Church Leixlip
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Leixlip, Co. Kildare
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| Category: Historical in Leixlip |
| 12th century church remains from Norman architecture. |
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Leixlip Castle
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Leixlip, Co. Kildare
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| Category: Historical in Leixlip |
| Built on a rock at the confluence of the River Liffey and the Rye Water, the central part of the castle dates from shortly after the Norman Invasion of 1171 and is one of the oldest continuously-inhabited buildings in Ireland, pre-dating Dublin Castle by 30 years. |
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The Wonderful Barn
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Main Street, Celbridge, Co. Kildare
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| Category: Historical in Leixlip |
| The Wonderful Barn is a corkscrew shaped barn built on the edge of Castletown House Estate. It was built in 1743 on the Leixlip side of the Castletown Estate. Flanked by two smaller dovecote towers, its was built with the stairs ascending around the exterior of the building. |
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