Celbridge Historic Town :)

My old Primary School principal Mr.Doohan came into our school today and gave us a talk on the 'History of Celbridge'. I found it very interesting because in primary school he brought us out on walks around Celbridge and showed us lots of interesting places like the famine graveyard and the obelisk. Mr.Doohan has written a book on the History of Celbridge and all the proceeds go towards the new building in Scoil Mochua.

           Castletown House

• In 1722 Speaker Conolly started building Castletown House which is Ireland's largest eighteenth century country mansion. It contains one hundred magnificent rooms with 229 windows.
• As the estate was self supporting it required brewers, bakers, weavers, carpenters, dairy maids, stable boys, gardeners, coachmen and masons.
• The butlers were paid £13 per year, cooks £12, coachmen £11, gardeners £10, kitchen maids £3 and cowkeepers £3.

Celbridge Workhouse

• The Celbridge Workhouse (now Colortrend paint factory) opened in 1841 at a cost of £6800 to house 519 inmates. It was the policy of the governors of the Workhouse that a standard of living higher than that enjoyed by the poorest people outside should not be provided.

Celbridge Workhouse

 

• Colourtrend