Kildare Tourist Guide 2023

Kildrought House
This fine house on the main street
near the Guinness statue is the
oldest residence in Celbridge,
dated 1719. It was built by a
Dublin upholsterer and tapestry
maker, Robert Baillie, who brought
Flemish weavers to Dublin. Two of their tapestries,
depicting the Siege of Derry and the Battle of the
Boyne, hang in the Irish House of Lords in College Green,
Dublin, now the Bank of Ireland. Celbridge Guided Tours
can arrange a visit to the house and its garden sloping
down to the River Liffey, by appointment.
Telephone: 087 963 0719.