Kilkea and Moone

Kilkea and Moone Cill Chá agus Maoin (Irish)
Barony
Sovereign state	Republic of Ireland
County	Kildare
Area
• Total	187.31 km² (72.32 sq mi)

Kilkea and Moone (Irish: Cill Chá agus Maoin) is a barony in County Kildare, Republic of Ireland.

Etymology

The barony takes its name from the villages of Kilkea (Cill Cathaigh, "Cathac's church") and Moone (Maen Colmcille, "Colm Cille's property").

Location

Kilkea and Moone is located in northern County Kildare, reaching from Mullaghmast to the southern tip of the county, east of the Barrow and west of Sherriff Hill.

History

Kilkea and Moone was the ancient lands of the Dál Chormaic.^[1]

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Kilkea and Moone:

References

Places in County Kildare

County town: Naas

Towns	Athy Celbridge Clane Kilcock Kildare Leixlip Maynooth Naas Newbridge Sallins

Villages and Townlands	Allen Allenwood Ardclogh Ballitore Ballymore Eustace Calverstown Caragh Carbury Castledermot Coill Dubh Derrinturn Eadestown Hawkfield Johnstown Kilberry Kilcullen Kildangan Kill Kilmead Kilmeage Kilteel Lullymore Milltown Monasterevin Moone Narraghmore Nurney Prosperous Rathangan Robertstown Sallins Straffan Staplestown Suncroft Timolin

Landforms	Bog of Allen Cupidstown Hill Curragh Grand Canal Hill of Allen River Barrow River Blackwater River Boyne Figile River River Greese River Liffey Lyreen River Morell River River Rye Royal Canal

Topics	Geography of County Kildare List of National Monuments in County Kildare List of townlands of County Kildare Mountains and hills of County Kildare Rivers of County Kildare

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