placenamesKilbride
Cill Bhríde
Kilbride in Dunganstown parish preserves a nineteenth-century church and country house, with a precise connection to agricultural organiser Elizabeth Bobbett.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Bhríde · Irish · main form · validated name
- Kilbride · English · main form
Place & story
Saint Brigid’s beside the road
Kilbride's Catholic church stands in Ballinameesda Lower, within the locality near Brittas Bay. The architectural inventory dates it to about 1850. Its cruciform plan is expressed in a low rendered building with pointed windows and a stone bellcote above the entrance gable. Decorative iron hinges and a moulded surround give particular attention to the front doorway, while a low boundary wall and wrought-iron gate separate the church from the road. [2]
Springfield’s Georgian house
Springfield House in Kilbride dates to around 1800. The architectural inventory describes a compact two-storey Georgian house with a hipped slate roof and timber sash windows. A fanlight with decorative tracery lights the entrance. It distinguishes the older house from alterations made around 1995, including the column-supported hood above the doorway. The building is part of the locality's country-house landscape. [3]
Elizabeth Bobbett and farmers’ organisation
Elizabeth Bobbett 1898–1971 made Springfield farm her home and workplace from 1919. Historian Peter Moser describes her mixed farm, producing crops and keeping several kinds of livestock. Financial pressures during the 1930s helped turn her towards collective action for farmers. She became a founder and general secretary of the Irish Farmers' Federation, connecting this Kilbride holding with national agricultural organisation. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Wicklow
- Barony
- Arklow
- Civil parish
- Dunganstown
- Within
- Dunganstown East
- Within
- Kilbride
- Coordinates
- 52.92784, -6.11122 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1412681 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilbride. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Saint Brigid’s Church: NIAH 16403105 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Springfield House: NIAH 16403104 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Bobbett, Elizabeth 1898–1971: DB 5000 · Peter Moser, Archives of Rural History
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.