Kilpedder (, meaning "Peter's church") is a village in
County Wicklow,
Ireland
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, located off the
N11 road between
Kilmacanogue
Kilmacanogue () is a village in north County Wicklow, Ireland.
Location and transport
The village lies on the junction of the R755 road to Roundwood and the N11 road, southeast of Bray town centre. It lies between the Little Sugar Loaf t ...
and
Newtownmountkennedy
Newtownmountkennedy () is a small town in County Wicklow, Ireland. It developed within the historic townland of Ballygarny () (now Mount Kennedy Demesne), although all that remains is a motte where a church, graveyard and a castle or tower hous ...
, just south of the
Glen of the Downs Nature Reserve
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. It had a population of 1,255 as of the 2016 census.
Kilpedder environs include Glenview Park, Kilpedder Grove, Johnstown, Tinnapark, Sunnybank and the Garden Village to the south. The village has a number of services, including two
public houses
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, shops, restaurants and a filling station. The
army
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has a rifle range in the area.
People
In the 20 years between the 1996 and 2016 census, the population of Kilpedder increased from 480 to 1,255 people.
Kilpedder is the birthplace of
Reading F.C.
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Reading are nicknamed ...
defender
Paul McShane.
Transport
Kilpedder is situated on the main
Dublin
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to
Wexford
Wexford () is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland. Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney near the southeastern corner of the island of Ireland. The town is linked to Dublin by the M11/N11 ...
dual carriageway. The Kilpedder interchange, recently constructed, has improved access to Kilpedder and Greystones and cut journey times. A permanent pedestrian bridge linking Kilpedder and Kilquade has also been completed.
The village is served by the 184
Dublin Bus
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...
route, which operates every half an hour Monday to Saturday.
Bus Éireann route 133 also serves Kilpedder, operating every half an hour on peak and every hour off-peak.
Church
Between the 1850s and the 1940s, Kilpedder was home to a Presbyterian church, however, nothing remains of this church today.
See also
*
List of towns and villages in Ireland
References
{{County Wicklow
Towns and villages in County Wicklow