Editing Celbridge (section)

===Born or resident===
*[[John Alen]] [[Archbishop of Dublin (Roman Catholic)|Archbishop of Dublin]], and [[Chancellor of Ireland]] (1476–1534), casualty of the "[[Silken Thomas]]" Fitzgerald rebellion in 1534, and his cousin [[John Alan]] (c. 1500 – 1561), also Lord Chancellor, buried at Donoghcomper.	

*[[Simon Bradstreet]] (1792–1853) of Stacumny, founder member of the [[Catholic Association]] and associate of Daniel O'Connell.
*[[Ben Briscoe]] (b.1934) former [[Fianna Fáil]] [[Teachta Dála]] and former [[Lord Mayor of Dublin]]<ref name="celbridgians">{{cite web | url = http://kildarelocalhistory.ie/celbridge/history-of-celbridge/celbridgians/ | publisher = County Kildare Federation of Local History Groups | website = kildarelocalhistory.ie | title = Celbridgians | access-date = 13 December 2018 | archive-date = 15 December 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181215224155/http://kildarelocalhistory.ie/celbridge/history-of-celbridge/celbridgians/ | url-status = live }}</ref>
*[[John Augustus Conolly]] (1829–1888), [[Victoria Cross]] recipient
*[[William Conolly|William "Speaker" Conolly]] (1662–1729) one of the most powerful politicians in Ireland in the first decades of the 18th century.
*[[Lady Louisa Conolly]] (1743–1821) and her sister [[Lady Sarah Lennox|Sarah Napier]] (1745–1826), both daughters of [[Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond]].
*[[Thomas Dongan, 2nd Earl of Limerick]] (1634–1715), member of the [[Parliament of Ireland|Irish Parliament]], an officer during the [[English Civil War]], and Governor of the [[Province of New York]]
*[[Arthur Guinness]] (1725–1803) founder of the famous brewery is buried in [[Oughterard, County Kildare|Oughterard]] cemetery, near the plot of his uncle William Read. He was the son of Richard Guinness and Elizabeth Read (1698–1742) from [[Ardclough|Bishopscourt]], who was agent and receiver of Dr [[Arthur Price, Bishop of Cashel|Arthur Price]] and lived in Celbridge at the time of Arthur's birth. 
*[[Aidan Higgins]] (b.1927), a writer whose 1972 novel, ''Balcony of Europe'' was shortlisted for the [[Booker Prize]].
*[[Ivone Kirkpatrick]] (1897–1964), diplomatist, British Chancellor in Berlin before the Second World War, and Under-Secretary of the British Foreign Office
*[[Donal MacIntyre]] (b.1966), campaigning television journalist.
*[[Devon Murray]] (b.1988), portrayer of Seamus Finnegan in the Harry Potter films, was raised in Celbridge.
*[[George Napier]] (1751–1804) and his sons [[George Thomas Napier|George]] (1784–1855), [[Charles James Napier|Charles]] (1782–1853), [[William Francis Patrick Napier|William]] (1785–1860), and [[Henry Edward Napier|Henry]] (1789–1853), later to be collectively known as "[[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Wellington]]'s Colonels."	
*[[Art O'Connor]] (1888–1950), Minister for Agriculture in the [[Government of the 2nd Dáil#Third Ministry|second Dáil cabinet]] (1921) and briefly leader of Sinn Féin after the foundation of [[Fianna Fáil]]
*[[Arthur Price (bishop)|Arthur Price]] (1678/9–1752) serial bishop of four different [[Church of Ireland]] dioceses, culminating in the Archbishopric of [[Bishop of Cashel and Ossory (Church of Ireland)|Cashel]], and benefactor to Brewer [[Arthur Guinness]].	
*[[Damien Rice]] (b.1973), [[Indie Music]]ian.
*[[Thomas Rochfort]] (died 1522) Dean of [[St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin|St. Patrick's Cathedral]] and [[Master of the Rolls in Ireland]], born at Killadoon, where his father was Lord of the Manor.	
*[[John Sheehan (journalist)|John Sheehan]] (1809–1882), a journalist who wrote under the pseudonym of "the Irish Whisky Drinker" grew up in Celbridge
*[[Kate Walsh (politician)|Kathleen Walsh]] (1947–2007), politician, elected as an [[independent politician|independent]] to [[Kildare County Council]] at the [[1999 Irish local elections|1999 local elections]], and member of the Seanad 2002–2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=4650 |title=Kate Walsh's electoral history |work=ElectionsIreland.org |access-date=16 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070519160606/http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=4650 |archive-date=19 May 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>