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townland A townland (; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a traditional small land division used in Ireland and in the Western Isles of Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of medieval Gaelic origin, predating the Norman invasion, and mo ...

, and tower house situated near

Ardclough Ardclough, officially Ardclogh (; ), is a village and community in the parish of Kill, County Kildare, Ireland. It is two miles (3 km) off the N7 national primary road. It is the burial place and probable birthplace of Arthur Guinness, wh ...

and Lyons Hill

, situated on the banks of the

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20 km upstream from the Irish capital

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Etymology and history

The name comes from a reference to the river Liffey in Norman-French, Rives. Reeves was a disjoined section of the nearby parish of Clonaghlins situated in the nearby medieval parish of Castledillon.

Calendar and civil paper references

The tower house is in a remarkable state of preservation and is of the classic style represented by tower houses built c1300 on the borders of

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, with distinctive architectural features which have become the subject of new research, as yet unpublished (2007). The Castle was burned by order of LJs William Parsons and John Borlase in 1641. It is one of two castles at Tipperstown reported in the census of 1659 as having been burned and reduced in value from £120 to £40.

Bibliography

*Ardclough Churches 1985 Souvenir Brochure. * Corry, Eoghan and Tancred, Jim: Annals of Ardclough (Ardclough GAA 2004). *Journals of the Kildare Archaeological Society: Volume XII : 267. Townlands of County Kildare nl:Reeves