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Milltown

Baile an Mhuilinn

A small canal crossing connects industrial buildings with the opposite bank.

Watercolour and fine ink view along a quiet canal with a small red-roofed moored boat, leafy banks, a stone parapet and an ivy-covered bankside building.
Illustration, the Grand Canal at Milltown, County Kildare, as photographed from the bridge in July 2008
Recorded locationMilltown53.20502° N · 6.85774° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.

Recorded forms

  • Baile an Mhuilinn · Irish · main form
  • Milltown · English · main form

Place & story

Across the Milltown Branch

Milltown Bridge was built around 1800 across the Milltown Branch of the Grand Canal. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage describes it as a footbridge providing access to Milltown Mill. Its single arch combines cut-stone masonry with a red-brick underside. Stone parapets line the crossing. The bridge and mill form a connected group, recording how local industry and the canal were joined by a modest pedestrian route. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Kildare
Barony
Connell
Civil parish
Feighcullen
Coordinates
53.20502, -6.85774
Mapped area
1.55 km²
Logainm ID
25811 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Milltown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Milltown Bridge, registration11901807, Kildare survey2002 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
  4. The Grand Canal at Milltown, County Kildare illustration: based on a Grand Canal by James Allan. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-04-06. How this page was prepared.