Straffan
Sign in to saveStraffan () is a village in County Kildare, Ireland. It is situated on the banks of the River Liffey, 25 km upstream of the Irish capital Dublin. As of the 2022 census, the village had a population of 1,158, an over three-fold increase (from 332) since the 2002 census.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Straffan
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- ga
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- Village
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- Barberstown Road
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- Ireland
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- right
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- Location in Ireland
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- Ireland
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- Leinster
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Kildare
- Elevation
- +70
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Straffan.JPG
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- County Kildare
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Article
21 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Location
- Contemporary village
- Etymology
- History
- War of Independence and the Troubles
- Straffan Estate and its owners
- Henry family
- Barton family
- Places of interest
- Castles and houses
- Religion
- Transport
- Straffan rail tragedy
- Straffan Steam Museum
- The K Club
- Sport
- See also
- Bibliography
- References
- External links
Straffan () is a village in County Kildare, Ireland. It is situated on the banks of the River Liffey, 25 km upstream of the Irish capital Dublin. As of the 2022 census, the village had a population of 1,158, an over three-fold increase (from 332) since the 2002 census.
Straffan is the name of the surrounding electoral division which is within the 'Celbridge Number 1 Rural Area', and which (as of 2006) had a population of 1,449. At one time a separate parish, it is today joined to the parishes of Celbridge (in the Roman Catholic structure) and Celbridge and Newcastle (Church of Ireland), in the respective Dublin dioceses.