Editing Celbridge (section)

===Town of Kildrought===
The town of Kildrought or Kildroighid developed around the castle, monastery and mill of Kildrought which [[Thomas de Hereford]], the Norman Lord of Kildrought erected early in the 13th century. The one long street running between the de Hereford Castle and lands of Castletown, and the mill, had taken shape by 1314 when Henry le Waleys was charged at a Naas court of "breaking the doors" of houses in the town of Kildrought and by night "taking geese, hens, beer and other victuals" against the will of the people of the town.	
		
By the time of the Down Survey (1654–1656) the population was 102 and the Dongan family were in possession of all the land in Celbridge. Killadoon House was the home of John Dongan's brother in law [[Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell|Richard Talbot]] Earl of Tyrconnell. Dongan died at the Battle of the Boyne and is buried in Tea Lane cemetery. Talbot died immediately before the Siege of Limerick. His widow remained in Killadoon, outliving the two men who took over the town from her husband and John Dongan, [[Esther Vanhomrigh|Bartholmew Van Homrigh]] and [[William Conolly]].