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Kilbride

Cill Bhríde

A church on Herbert Road connects the townland with architect William Joseph Barré and a nineteenth-century building campaign.

Recorded locationKilbride53.19127° N · 6.13123° 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

  • Cill Bhríde · Irish · main form
  • Kilbride · English · main form

Place & story

Building and consecration

The Dictionary of Irish Architects credits William Joseph Barré with Saint Brigid’s Church, built as a chapel-of-ease on land given by the Hon. Sidney Herbert. Its foundation stone was laid on 1 August 1857, and the church was consecrated on 9 June 1859. The contractor was Thomas H. Lee of Drogheda. The dictionary records an approximate cost of £2,600, compared with an original estimate of £1,400 plus another £400 for furniture and fittings. [2]

Granite beside Herbert Road

The architectural inventory describes granite rubble walls, stepped buttresses and a two-stage tower topped by a spire. Pointed windows have plate tracery, while the entrance door carries decorative strap hinges. [3]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Wicklow
Barony
Rathdown
Civil parish
Bray
Within
Delgany
Coordinates
53.19127, -6.13123
Mapped area
0.56 km²
Logainm ID
55074 ↗

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 — Kilbride. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Church of Saint Brigid, Kilbride Bray parish: William Joseph Barré,1857–59 · Irish Architectural Archive
  3. Saint Brigid’s Church, Herbert Road: NIAH16400703, Wicklow survey2003 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  4. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2024-08-13. How this page was prepared.