Robertstown Brief Description   On the Grand Canal. Attractive waterfront restored to 19th century character Nearby is Calbridge with Castletown House, a magnificent 13 bay Palladian mansion by Allesandro Galilei , built in 1722 for William Vonolly ,Speaker of the Irish House of Commons. Headquaters of the Irish Georgian Society and can be visited.

  Naas Brief DescriptionH   Now almost a suburb of Dublin on the N7. Once the seat of the ancient Kings of Leinster. St Patrick is said to have camped on the site of St David’s Church. Local Area attractions   Horseracing at Naas and also nearby Punchestown.

  Kildare Brief Description   Centre of Horse-breeding territory beside the Curragh open plain and on the main N7 road to Cork & Limerick. Nearby is the National Stud and Japanese Garden at Tully. Military Barracks. At Eastern end of Curragh is Donnelly’s Hollow. Here in 1815 Dan Donnelly defeated English boxing champion George Cooper [...]