placenamesKilpatrick
Cill Phádraig
A family burial plot connects this Kildare parish with Sinéad de Valera’s ancestors.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Cill Phádraig · Irish · main form
- Kilpatrick · English · main form
Place & story
A memorial in Kilpatrick graveyard
Seamus Cullen’s research identifies a Flanagan family burial plot in Kilpatrick graveyard. Bridget Flanagan, née Cain, was buried there in 1875; her son James erected a memorial commemorating his mother and uncles, with an inscription in Irish. Cullen also records the burial of her husband Laurence in 1887 and a visit to the plot in 1911 by their son Laurence, accompanied by his son-in-law Éamon de Valera. The association concerns Sinéad de Valera’s family burial place, rather than her birthplace. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilpatrick. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Sinead De Valera and her County Kildare Connections, Kildare Nationalist, 17 April 2009 · Seamus Cullen
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.