Kildare Tourist Guide 2023
Kildare Tourist Guide 2023 - Brought to you by Liffey Champion
Kildare Tourist Guide 2023 - Brought to you by Liffey Champion
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The Conolly Folly a.k.a. The Obelisk<br />
The Conolly Folly a.k.a. The Obelisk, is an<br />
obelisk structure located between<br />
Celbridge, Leixlip and Maynooth. It was<br />
built in the mid-18th century by the<br />
Conolly family, then owners of the<br />
Castletown Estate. It was restored in the<br />
mid-20th century by the Irish Georgian Society and is now<br />
a national monument in state care. It was commissioned<br />
by Katherine Conolly, the philanthropic widow of<br />
Speaker William Conolly. It was built at a cost of £400 to<br />
provide employment for the poor of Celbridge when<br />
the famine of 1740 - 41 was at its worst. The obelisk was<br />
built in 1740 after a particularly severe winter. As a folly, it<br />
could be seen from the back of Castletown some 4<br />
kilometres (2.5 miles) away and it is built exactly<br />
perpendicular to the centre of the house.
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