These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
Cill Bhríde· Irish · main form · validated name
Kilbride· English · main form
Manor Kilbride· English · main form
Place & story
The house behind Manor Kilbride
The Manor, also known as Kilbride House, is a Tudor Revival country house dated to around 1840 by the architectural inventory. Gables, polygonal chimneys and battlemented parapets create its varied outline; an oriel window projects above the entrance. County Wicklow Heritage associates the estate with Sir Lorenzo Moore's purchase of the manor and lordship in 1824 and explains the village's longer name through that estate connection.[2][3]
Granite for the capital
Quarrying at Goldenhills, northeast of the village, linked the locality with major building projects in Dublin. County Wicklow Heritage records granite from here in the Custom House, Four Courts and King's Inns. This history places local stoneworking within the growth of the capital, alongside the estate landscape and farming country around Kilbride.[3]
Ballyward Bridge and the 1986 flood
South of the village, Ballyward Bridge crosses the Liffey as it leaves its upland course towards Blessington. The heritage account dates the earlier bridge to 1813 and records its loss following the 1986 Hurricane Charley flooding, followed by rebuilding. The crossing illustrates the influence of the river on local routes, including the need to replace structures after destructive floods.[3]
Both counts use the 2016 settlement boundary, allowing like-for-like comparison. CSO supplies the 2022 count on this older boundary for comparison only. The official 2022 Built Up Area has different boundaries.
View population figures
Manor Kilbride — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
These figures use different area definitions. Read the boundary note before comparing them.
Manor Kilbride, Wicklow
Published census settlement populations
272people · 2016
Settlement boundaries changed during this period. Differences may reflect boundary changes as well as population change. Where a 2011 legal-town-and-environs count is shown, it has not been recalculated onto the 2016 settlement boundary.
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