Editing Celbridge (section)

===Origins===
There is evidence of 5,000 years of habitation, as evidenced by beads and quern stones in the [[National Museum of Ireland|National Museum]] from [[Griffinrath, County Kildare|Griffinrath]] ({{coord|53.34891|-6.57386|type:city_region:IE|format=dms|display=inline}}), and the nearby high ground sloping down to the [[River Liffey|Liffey]]. Research has linked Celbridge with the [[Slí Mór]] possibly crossing the Liffey at a ford located below the site of the mill directly east of the bridge rather than at [[Castletown House]], as previously thought. 

The etymology of [[Donaghcumper Church]] (church of the confluence, "Domhnach" is one of the earliest Irish words for church) ({{coord |53.33902|-6.52699|type:city_region:IE|format=dms|display=inline}}.) suggests it may have existed as a monastic site from the 5th century. 

Folklore and heroic literature associate the north bank of Celbridge with both [[Saint Patrick]] (hill and church of uncertain antiquity in [[Ardrass, County Kildare|Ardrass]]) ({{coord|53.32595|-6.57772|type:city_region:IE|format=dms|display=inline}}.) and [[Saint Mochua]] (c570), who was associated with a church in [[Tea Lane Graveyard|Tea Lane]] ({{coord|53.33892|-6.54708|type:city_region:IE|format=dms|display=inline}}.), and a well on the site of the current mill where pagan converts were baptised.