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Home of Coriundi in the second century A.D., this county was part of the territory called Caellan or Galen, meaning "wooded country." This area was controlled by the FitzGerald clan. Lesser clans or septs included Bermingham, Aylmer, White, Wogan, O'Byrne, O'Morohan (Morrin), and O'Cullen.

25 Most Common Names in Kildare: Kelly Byrne Dunne Murphy Doyle Farrell Walsh Nolan Moore Carroll Behan Brennan Lawler Connor Ryan Kavanagh Toole Reilly Dowling Neill Moran Flood Whelan Rourke Mooney.

Kildare Publications

INDEXES TO IRISH WILLS (5 Volumes), Phillimore and Thrift 1909/1920
Volume I (Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Offaly, Wicklow) 2 fiche.

Kildare Free Member Access Pages

• Kildare Genealogy Discussion Forum

Kildare Premium Resources

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• Irish Wills, diocese of Kildare

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• 0icp0078 KILDARE DIOCESEAN WILLS 1661-1800 (surnames Adamson through Cuthbert)
  
• 0icp0082 KILDARE DIOCESEAN WILLS 1661-1800 (surnames Dalton through Evoy)
  
• 0icp0085 KILDARE DIOCESEAN WILLS 1661-1800 (surnames Farrell through Lyons)
  
• 0icp0091 KILDARE DIOCESEAN WILLS 1661-1800 (surnames Magrath to Young)
  
• 0icp0095 KILDARE, ARDKILL, DESCRIPTION 1837
  
• 0icp0114 KILDARE, ARDKILL, GRIFFITH’S INDEX 1851
  
• 0icp0107 KILDARE, ARDRIE, DESCRIPTION 1837
  
• 0icp0089 KILDARE, ATHY, JACOB/BOYCE MARRIAGE 1886
  
• 0icp0610 KILDARE, CADAMSTOWN, OMORE TOMBSTONE 1779
  
• 0icp0104 KILDARE, DONAGHCUMPER, GRIFFITHS INDEX 1851
  
• 0icp0098 KILDARE, LEIXLIP, GRIFFITHS INDEX 1851
  
• 0icp0064 KILDARE, SELECT TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS
  
• 0icp0083 KILDARE, VARIOUS TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS