{"slug": "county-kildare", "label": "County Kildare", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Kildare", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173332", "qid": "Q173332", "description": "county in Ireland", "entries": 22, "years": 22, "span": [999, 1803], "span_label": ["999 CE", "1803 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Cill Dara (county)"], "related": [{"slug": "ireland", "label": "Ireland", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "leinster", "label": "Leinster", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "dublin", "label": "Dublin", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "diarmait-mac-murchada", "label": "Diarmait Mac Murchada", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "parliament-of-ireland", "label": "Parliament of Ireland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "june", "label": "June", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "high-king-of-ireland", "label": "High King of Ireland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "munster", "label": "Munster", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-dublin", "label": "Kingdom of Dublin", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "brian-boru", "label": "Brian Boru", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-meath", "label": "Kingdom of Meath", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "henry-iii-of-england", "label": "Henry III of England", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 999, "year_label": "999 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 30", "text": "December 30 – Battle of Glenmama: The combined forces of Munster and Meath under Brian Boru (High King of Ireland) inflict a crushing defeat on the allied armies of Leinster and Dublin near Lyons Hill (County Kildare).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468443#Europe", "title": "AD 999", "revid": 1364468443, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1125, "year_label": "1125 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Cineidigh Ua Conaing, archinneach of Cill-Dalua", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367185522#Deaths", "title": "1125 in Ireland", "revid": 1367185522, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1128, "year_label": "1128 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "St. Laurence O'Toole, (died 1180) or Lorcán Ua Tuathail, was born at Castledermot, County Kildare", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367526225#Births", "title": "1128 in Ireland", "revid": 1367526225, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1132, "year_label": "1132 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Diarmait Mac Murchada has the abbey of Kildare in Ireland burned, and the abbess raped. He becomes king of the province of Leinster.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359566515#Religion", "title": "1132", "revid": 1359566515, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1181, "year_label": "1181 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Walter de Riddlesford built a motte and bailey fortress on the site of what is now Kilkea Castle in County Kildare.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367525533#Events", "title": "1181 in Ireland", "revid": 1367525533, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1226, "year_label": "1226 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Walter de Riddlesford, Norman lord with lands in County Wicklow and County Kildare.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1334659198#Deaths", "title": "1226 in Ireland", "revid": 1334659198, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1234, "year_label": "1234 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 1", "text": "1 April – Battle of the Curragh in County Kildare: forces loyal to King Henry III of England defeat those led by Richard Marshal, Earl of Pembroke and Lord of Leinster who later dies from wounds received.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247432643#Events", "title": "1234 in Ireland", "revid": 1247432643, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1260, "year_label": "1260 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Grey Abbey in County Kildare was founded by William de Vesci. It was run by Franciscan friars.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373514046#Events", "title": "1260 in Ireland", "revid": 1373514046, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1264, "year_label": "1264 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 18", "text": "June 18 – The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitely known meeting of this Irish legislature.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1334426011#British_Isles", "title": "1264", "revid": 1334426011, "section": "Events › By place › British Isles"}}, {"year": 1297, "year_label": "1297 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "County Kildare was formed by the Normans.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1264642733#Events", "title": "1297 in Ireland", "revid": 1264642733, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1339, "year_label": "1339 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Hostilities occur between the Anglo-Irish and Irish in Kildare, Meath and Kerry", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1323561050#Events", "title": "1339 in Ireland", "revid": 1323561050, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1401, "year_label": "1401 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June", "text": "June – The English Pale in Ireland is reduced to Dublin, County Kildare, County Louth, and County Meath.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347806355#April–June", "title": "1401", "revid": 1347806355, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1531, "year_label": "1531 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 15", "text": "September 15 – The first Parliament of Ireland in more than nine years is opened at Kilkea Castle, near Castledermot, County Kildare, and continues until its adjournment on October 31.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359939156#July–September", "title": "1531", "revid": 1359939156, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1535, "year_label": "1535 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March", "text": "March – Silken Thomas' stronghold at Maynooth, County Kildare, is taken by an English force under Sir William Skeffington, in his absence.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1318940830#Events", "title": "1535 in Ireland", "revid": 1318940830, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1547, "year_label": "1547 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Patrick O'More and Brian O'Connor ravage Kildare but are driven back by Sir Edward Bellingham, ordered to Ireland in late May to restore order.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247429398#Events", "title": "1547 in Ireland", "revid": 1247429398, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1577, "year_label": "1577 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November", "text": "November/December – Massacre of Mullaghmast: The Ó Moores and O'Connors have most of their fine (or ruling families) massacred by English soldiers at Mullaghmast (County Kildare) having been invited there for peace talks.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1323611031#Events", "title": "1577 in Ireland", "revid": 1323611031, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1623, "year_label": "1623 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 4", "text": "February 4 – the Talbot Baronetcy, of Carton in the County of Kildare, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland for the lawyer and politician William Talbot.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247388035#Honours", "title": "1623 in Ireland", "revid": 1247388035, "section": "Honours"}}, {"year": 1689, "year_label": "1689 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Ambrose Wall, Sheriff of Wicklow, oversees the re-erection of a 10th-century high cross at St. John's Church, Ballymore Eustace in County Kildare.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366636271#Events", "title": "1689 in Ireland", "revid": 1366636271, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1697, "year_label": "1697 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Celbridge Abbey in County Kildare is built as a home by Bartholomew Van Homrigh, Lord Mayor of Dublin.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1296462843#Events", "title": "1697 in Ireland", "revid": 1296462843, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1729, "year_label": "1729 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Completion of Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland's first Palladian mansion, designed by Alessandro Galilei and Edward Lovett Pearce for William Conolly, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247386478#Events", "title": "1729 in Ireland", "revid": 1247386478, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1736, "year_label": "1736 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 19", "text": "June 19 – Charles Cobbe, at this time Church of Ireland Bishop of Kildare, purchases the Newbridge Estate in County Kildare.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247386319#Events", "title": "1736 in Ireland", "revid": 1247386319, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1803, "year_label": "1803 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 23", "text": "23 July – Emmet's insurrection: United Irishman Robert Emmet stages a rising in Dublin which is quelled by the military, with approximately fifty rebels and twenty soldiers dead. The Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, Lord Kilwarden, is hacked to death. Neither Michael Dwyer (from County Wicklow), nor Thomas Russell (in the North), nor rebels from Kildare, are able to offer support for the rebellion as planned.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247385202#Events", "title": "1803 in Ireland", "revid": 1247385202, "section": "Events"}}]}