Timolin () is a village in the south of
County Kildare,
Ireland
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. It is located off the
R448 road, the former
N9 road (now by-passed by the
M9 motorway) about south of
Dublin
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. It is a small village, with less than a hundred inhabitants, one
shop
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Business and commerce
* A casual word for a commercial establishment or for a place of business
* Machine shop, a workshop for machining
*"In the shop", referring to a car being at an automotive repair shop
*A wood ...
and two
pub
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s. It is located close to the Moone High Cross Inn. The closest village to Timolin is
Moone
Moone (; ) is a small village in the south of County Kildare, Ireland. It is on the former N9 road (now by-passed) about south of Dublin. It has only a few hundred inhabitants, a church, a national school, one shop and a small community ce ...
, less than 1 kilometre to the south.
Public transport
The village is served by bus route 880 operated by Kildare Local Link on behalf of the
National Transport Authority. There are several buses each day including Sunday linking the village to
Castledermot
Castledermot () is an inland village in the south-east of Ireland in County Kildare, about from Dublin, and from the town of Carlow. The N9 road from Dublin to Waterford previously passed through the village but upon completion of a motorway ...
,
Carlow and
Naas
Naas ( ; ga, Nás na Ríogh or ) is the county town of County Kildare in Ireland. In 2016, it had a population of 21,393, making it the second largest town in County Kildare after Newbridge.
History
The name of Naas has been recorded in th ...
as well as villages in the area.
History
During the
Irish Confederate Wars of the 1640s Timolin was the scene of a notorious massacre. A stronghouse in the village, in which many civilians were sheltering, was attacked by an army under
Ormonde. After it had been captured around 200 civilians were killed.
See also
*
List of towns and villages in Ireland
*
List of abbeys and priories in Ireland (County Kildare)
References
Towns and villages in County Kildare
Civil parishes of County Kildare
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