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===Historical features=== [[File:Крепост Мейнут 281240773 99d7b9a7ed o.jpg|thumb|Maynooth Castle]] The town is just inside the western edge of [[The Pale]]. It has, at either end of the main street, [[Maynooth Castle]] and [[Carton House]], two former seats of the Dukes of Leinster. The castle was a stronghold of the 16th century historical figure [[Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare]] who was better known as Silken Thomas. The castle was overrun in 1535,<ref name="Madden2010">{{cite book|first=Finbar|last=Madden|title=Understand Irish History: Teach Yourself|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vm1b_ta2EB8C&q=maynooth+castle+overrun+1535&pg=PT25|date=27 August 2010|publisher=John Murray Press|isbn=978-1-4441-3198-7|pages=25–|access-date=23 December 2019}}</ref> after the rebellion of the Earl. The most important historical buildings in the town are those of St. Patrick's College and some which antedate the foundation of the college, while others are in the late Georgian and neo-Gothic revival style. The "new range" of buildings was erected by [[Augustus Pugin|A. W. N. Pugin]] in 1850 under a commission from then college president [[Laurence F. Renehan]], while the College Chapel was designed and completed by [[James Joseph McCarthy]] during the presidency of Robert Browne in 1894. Conolly's Folly is within Maynooth's extensive town boundaries. There are three old monastic settlements in the vicinity of Maynooth, including [[Laraghbryan]] and its cemetery, [[Taghadoe]] and its Round Tower and [[Grangewilliam]] (Donaghmore). Maynooth Pound is a rare example of a surviving pound which has existed since the 18th century. The existing walls were built in 1822 although the pound is older than that. Historically, stray animals were impounded here to be returned to their owners for a fee or sold at auction if not claimed. More recently{{when|date=January 2020}} the pound was renovated and is now a place of recreation by the [[Lyreen River]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://telescoper.wordpress.com/2018/06/02/the-maynooth-pound/|title=The Maynooth Pound|work=In the Dark|first=Peter|last=Coles|date=2 June 2018|access-date=17 January 2020|archive-date=26 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926214137/https://telescoper.wordpress.com/2018/06/02/the-maynooth-pound/|url-status=live}}{{Self-published source|date=January 2020|expert=Peter Coles}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hidden-gems.eu/kildare-maymoothpound.pdf|title=Maynooth Pound|publisher=Maynooth Local History Group|access-date=17 January 2020|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229170613/http://www.hidden-gems.eu/kildare-maymoothpound.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
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