Editing County Kildare (section)

==Notable people==
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{{See also|Category:People from County Kildare}}
* [[Arthur Guinness]]: Politician and brewer, founder of Guinness<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Arthur Guinness Story {{!}} Discover Celbridge |url=https://www.discovercelbridge.com/the-arthur-guinnesss-story/ |url-status=live |access-date=12 February 2023 |website=Discover Celbridge |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201225729/https://www.discovercelbridge.com/the-arthur-guinnesss-story/ |archive-date=1 December 2022}}</ref>
* [[George Barrington]]: pickpocket, socialite<ref name=ADB>{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |id2=barrington-george-1746 |title=George Barrington (1755–1804) |access-date=23 August 2007 |volume=1 |year=1966 |archive-date=24 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324022848/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/barrington-george-1746 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Aisling Bea]]: Comedian
* [[Eamon Broy]]: Policeman
* [[Domhnall Ua Buachalla]]: Governor-General of the Irish Free State
* [[Ambrose Bury]]: Canadian politician
* [[Paul Cullen (bishop)]]: Archbishop of Dublin and Archbishop of Armagh<ref name=Molony>{{Cite book |chapter-url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cullen-paul-3298/text5015, |title=John N. Molony, 'Cullen, Paul (1803–1878)', ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, published in hardcopy 1969, accessed online 7 November 2014 |chapter=Paul Cullen (1803–1878) |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |access-date=8 October 2021 |archive-date=22 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922151854/https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cullen-paul-3298/text5015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[John Devoy]]: Fenian
* [[Charles FitzClarence]]: soldier
* [[Lord Edward FitzGerald]]: revolutionary
* [[Michael Gorman (Wisconsin politician)|Michael Gorman]]: American politician<ref>{{cite book |title=Commemorative Biographical Record of the Upper Wisconsin Counties of Waupaca, Portage, Wood, Marathon, Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas, Langlade and Shawano |url=https://archive.org/details/commemorativebio00jbeer |quote=Michael Gorman+Wisconsin. |location=Chicago |publisher=J. H. Beers & Co. |year=1895 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/commemorativebio00jbeer/page/761 761]–762 |access-date=18 August 2015}}</ref>
* [[Gabriel Hayes]]: sculptor and coin designer
* [[John Vincent Holland]]: soldier<ref>{{cite web |title=John Vincent Holland V.C. |url=http://www.hellfirecorner.co.uk/holland.htm |access-date=5 July 2016 |archive-date=23 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323192336/http://www.hellfirecorner.co.uk/holland.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Michael Kelly Lawler]]: soldier
* [[Kathleen Lonsdale]]: scientist
* [[John de Robeck]]: admiral<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.turtlebunbury.com/history/history_family/hist_family_derobeck.htm |title=The de Robecks of Gowran Grange, Co. Kildare |publisher=Turtle Bunbury |access-date=19 October 2014 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203349/http://www.turtlebunbury.com/history/history_family/hist_family_derobeck.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Ernest Shackleton]]: explorer
* [[Barry St. Leger]]: soldier<ref>{{cite book |title=America's military adversaries: from colonial times to the present |first=John C |last=Fredriksen |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2001 |isbn=978-1-57607-603-3 |ref=Fredriksen |page=483}}</ref>

===Sports===

* [[Larry Tompkins]]: Eadestown GAA
* [[Leighton Aspell]]: twice [[Grand National]]-winning jockey
* [[Nonpareil Dempsey]]: boxer
* [[Matt Goff]]: Gaelic footballer
* [[Willoughby Hamilton]]: tennis player
* [[Jimmy O'Brien (rugby union)|Jimmy O'Brien]]: plays for the [[Ireland national rugby sevens team]]
* [[Ruby Walsh]] : National Hunt Jockey
* [[Nathan Collins]] : [[Brentford F.C.]] and [[Republic of Ireland national football team]].
* [[Mark Travers]] : [[Stoke City F.C.]] and [[Republic of Ireland national football team]]
* [[Andrew Omobamidele]] : [[Nottingham Forest F.C.]] and [[Republic of Ireland national football team]]
* [[Conn McDunphy]] : Professional Cyclist, 2020 [[Cycling Ireland]] National [[Time Trial]] Champion.
* [[Hayley Nolan]]: [[Crystal Palace F.C. (Women)]] and [[Republic of Ireland women's national football team]]

===Writers, musicians, and entertainers===
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* [[Devon Murray]]: actor
* [[Damien Molony]]: actor<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/damien-molony-from-kildare-to-the-top-of-british-tv-1.3985174 |title=Damien Molony From Kildare To Top Of British TV |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |date=17 August 2019 |first=Shilpa |last=Ganatra |url-access=subscription |access-date=8 October 2021 |archive-date=25 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925211807/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/damien-molony-from-kildare-to-the-top-of-british-tv-1.3985174 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Aisling Bea]]: actress, comedian<ref>{{cite news |title=10 awesome Kildare women making waves in the world |url=https://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/home/238872/10-awesome-kildare-women-making-waves-in-the-world.html |access-date=4 May 2019 |first=Laura |last=Coates |newspaper=Leinster Leader |date=8 March 2017 |archive-date=10 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410144431/https://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/home/238872/10-awesome-kildare-women-making-waves-in-the-world.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Aidan Higgins]]: writer
* [[Teresa Brayton]]: writer
* [[Molly Keane]]: novelist
* [[Emily Lawless]]: writer
* [[Mary Leadbeater]]: writer
* [[John MacKenna]]: playwright, author, actor
* [[Paul Mescal]]: actor<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/readers-expectations-are-the-biggest-source-of-anxiety-paul-mescal-on-tackling-role-of-connell-in-normal-people-38844346.html |title=Readers' expectations are the 'biggest source of anxiety' – Paul Mescal on tackling role of Connell in Normal People |work=[[Irish Independent]] |first=Maggie |last=Armstrong |url-access=registration |date=11 January 2020 |access-date=13 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531152244/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/readers-expectations-are-the-biggest-source-of-anxiety-paul-mescal-on-tackling-role-of-connell-in-normal-people-38844346.html |archive-date=31 May 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Bell X1 (band)|Bell X1]] are from [[Celbridge]], County Kildare.
* [[Luka Bloom]] is from [[Newbridge, County Kildare|Newbridge]]<ref name="allmusic-deming">{{cite web |last=Deming |first=Mark |title=Luka Bloom |publisher=AllMusic |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/luka-bloom-mn0000263293/biography |access-date=25 February 2015 |archive-date=9 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009020647/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/luka-bloom-mn0000263293/biography |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Joe Doyle (musician)|Joseph Doyle]], bassist from Irish band [[The Frames]] is from [[Allenwood, County Kildare|Allenwood]]
* [[Graham Hopkins]], drummer with [[The Frames]], [[The Swell Season]], and [[Therapy?]] is from [[Clane]]
* [[Damien Leith]], [[Australian Idol 2006]] winner and singer-songwriter lived in [[Milltown, County Kildare|Milltown]] until he moved to Australia.
* [[Jack Lukeman]], otherwise known as Jack L, is from [[Athy]]
* [[Dónal Lunny]] was raised in Newbridge.<ref name="O'Toole">{{cite book |last=O'Toole |first=Leagues |year=2006 |title=The Humours of Planxty |location=Ireland |publisher=Hodder Headline |isbn=0-340-83796-9}}</ref>{{rp|4}}
* [[Miracle Bell]], Indie-pop band, hail from [[Naas]].
* [[Christy Moore]], folk musician, was born in Newbridge.
* [[Liam O'Flynn]] from the band Planxty is from [[Kill, County Kildare|Kill]]<ref name="LarkinGE">{{cite book |title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]] |editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]] |publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]] |date=1992 |edition=First |isbn=0-85112-939-0 |page=1854}}</ref>
* [[Jean Sophia Pigott]], Christian poet and hymn lyricist from [[Leixlip]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jean Sophia Pigott {{!}} Hymnary.org |url=https://hymnary.org/person/Pigott_JS |access-date=11 May 2023 |website=hymnary.org |language=en |archive-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511153234/https://hymnary.org/person/Pigott_JS |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Damien Rice]] was born in [[Celbridge]]<ref>{{cite web |publisher=DamienRice.com |url=http://www.damienrice.com/faq.html |title=FAQ – Where was Damien born and where did he grow up? |date=n.d. |access-date=24 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070502083031/http://www.damienrice.com/faq.html |archive-date=2 May 2007}}</ref>
* [[Heidi Talbot]] is from [[Kill, County Kildare|Kill]]