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Condado de Kildare

Parroquia

Brideschurch

Cill Bhríde

5

Localidades

287

Registros censales

56

Hogares

2

Años del censo

1901 Censo
Personas
172
Hogares
32
1911 Censo
Personas
115 -33.1%
Hogares
24 -25%

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Bridgeschurch is a small parish located in County Kildare in the province of Leinster, in the east-central part of Ireland. The parish sits within the broader landscape of the Midlands region, characterized by relatively gentle rolling terrain, agricultural land, and the river systems that define much of Kildare's geography. Like much of County Kildare, the area has historically been shaped by farming and pastoral activities, with its landscape reflecting centuries of rural settlement and land use patterns typical of the Irish interior.

The parish, like many in County Kildare, has deep historical roots extending back through the medieval period and beyond. The ecclesiastical structure of Irish parishes was formalized during the medieval era, and Bridgeschurch would have emerged as a defined parish community during this time. The presence of a church in the area reflects the central role that the Catholic Church and religious life have played in Irish parish communities since the early Christian period, though specific details about the founding and early history of Bridgeschurch parish itself are not extensively documented in widely available sources.

Bridgeschurch remains a small rural parish that serves as a focus for the local community, with the parish church functioning as the spiritual and social center for residents. Like many Irish parishes, it maintains traditions of religious observance and community gatherings that bind local residents together. The parish continues to be part of the diocesan structure of the Catholic Church in Ireland, and it represents the kind of foundational administrative and social unit that has organized Irish community life for centuries.

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Condado

Kildare

Baronía

Clane

Nombre en irlandés

Cill Bhríde

Localidades

5 localidades

Griffith's Valuation

National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s-1850s)

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22 occupiers recorded in Griffith's Valuation across 5 townlands (1830s-1850s).

Top Surnames

Digby 3 Doyle 3 Dunne 3 Malone 3 Maxwell 3 McDonnell 3 Dignum 1 Dobbyn 1 Dunn 1 Higgins 1

Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.

Ubicación de la parroquia

Brideschurch OpenStreetMap

Detalles

Inglés
Brideschurch
Irlandés
Cill Bhríde
Baronía
Clane
Condado
Kildare

Registros censales

Localidades 5