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{{Città Irlanda|

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Due particolari caratteristiche di Castletown sono la ''Long Gallery'', una stanza lunga 80 piedi decorata in stile [[Pompei|Pompeiano]] in blu e color oro, e la scala principale, che è sollevabile e costruita in [[pietra di Portland]].

La ''Follia di Connolly'' (Connolly's Folly) (conosciuta anche come "L'obelisco") è una costruzione a forma di obelisco (come il ''monumento a Washington''). È costruito sul retro di Castletown House, e contiene due monumenti, entrambi commssionati dalla vedova del parlamentare [[William Conolly]] per fornire un impiego ai poveri di Celbridge quando il paese era nel pieno della [[Grande carestia irlandese (1845 - 1849)|grande carestia irlandese]]. Anche se puo'può sembrare che questi monumenti non abbiano un reale proposito, sono stati dedicati alle battaglie del 1500. L'''obelisco'' fu costruito nel [[1739]] dopo un inverno particolarmente rigido. Progettato da [[Richard Castle]], è alto 42 metri ed è composto da numerosi [[Arco (architettura)|archi]] addobbati con sculture a forma di ananas e di ali. Puo'Può essere visto dal retro di Castletown house.

Celbridge sara'sarà sempre ricordata come la casa di Vanessa, lalo sfortunato amore di [[Dean Swift]]. Il villaggio ha un profondo background storico, a partire da ''Celbridge Abbey'' passando per [[Jonathan Swift]] fino a ''Castletown House''.

Nei primi anni del ventesimo secolo, a Celbridge si instauro' la ''Callender Paper Company''. Questa imprese produceva carta dalla [[torba]].

== Politica ==

<!--Celbridge è situara all'interno [[Kildare North]] constituency which elects 3 TDs to the [[Dáil]]. This is set to increase to four due to the levels of population growth within the region.

Despite its size, and numerous proposals, the town does not have a town council, despite being the third largest town in the county (and larger than other towns which have town councils such as [[Leixlip]] and [[Athy]]). Government acts provide for town councils for towns with a population of greater than 7,500, which Celbridge exceeds twice over, yet little progress has been made. Due to the lack of a town council to address specific local issues the town has suffered. For example as it does not have a town council, a Development Plan is developed with considerably less detail and control than a Local Area Plan which town councils develop. The situation effectively means that Kildare County Council, based 20 km away, have full control over zoning land in the area, and this means that they can zone land without specific local knowledge of what is needed. Owing to this as well as other factors the town has been consumed by the [[Celtic Tiger]] fuelled [[urban sprawl]] of [[Dublin]], resulting in a fragmented community and a severe lack of sufficient amenities for the scale of the population.-->

== Trasporti e accesso==

<!--Celbridge's substantial growth has created considerable traffic congestion. Much of this is attributed to the fact that there is only one bridge over the Liffey in the town, thus creating traffic bottlenecks. Lax enforcement of parking laws and a lack of adequate parking space is also blamed. The Celbridge Interchange (Junction 2a of the [[N4 road|M4]]) which connects the town to the motorway as well as [[Intel Ireland|Intel]], opened in 2003 to help address these traffic issues, with some success.

Kildare County Council installed a set of traffic lights in 2000 at the junction of the Liffey bridge and Main Street, however there was considerable opposition to the lights from the town shopkeepers. The town traders actually sponsored an advertising supplement in Dublin's [[Evening Herald]] which featured a photograph of a man shaking his fist at the lights to show the trader's opposition to the lights. Shortly afterwards, a motorist suspiciously reversed into the lights, "accidentally" knocking them over and the council switched them off for good. Now motorists have to depend on each other's good will to negotiate the junction, however it is now possible to park directly outside the Londis shop as the lights are no longer in use.

The town is served by [[Dublin Bus]] along the 67 and 67A routes. These routes link the town to the city centre as well as the nearby towns of [[Lucan]] and [[Maynooth]] (but notably, no link to Leixlip exists despite the significant employment there). Some [[Public Transport Operators in Dublin#Bus|other bus operators]], notably Morton's, also serve Celbridge.

[[Iarnród Éireann]] run commuter rail services to a station in Hazelhatch, about 3 km from Celbridge village. Feeder buses are used to bring passengers to the train station. ''Commuter'' suburban rail services from [[Kildare]] to [[Dublin]] city centre serve Hazelhatch, although these are quite limited, with the lack of a Sunday service notable. While the service only brings passengers to [[Heuston_Station|Heuston Station]], somewhat west of the city centre, there is no charge for extending the range of most tickets to include feeder bus services from there (numbers 90, 91 and 92). There is, however, an additional charge to use the [[Luas]] trams. The station is located on one of the most important ''InterCity'' lines in the country, with services to Cork, Limerick and Galway. However most of these do not stop at Hazelhatch station.

Under the Transport21 plan Hazelhatch-City will be electrified to provide a new [[DART (train)|DART]] service to [[Balbriggan]], using the underground [[Interconnector (rail tunnel)|Interconnector tunnel]] in the city centre. This is to be completed by 2015.-->

== Educazione ==

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== Attività sportive e associazioni==

===Celbridge GAA===

Il [[''Celbridge GAA]]'' club è il terzo club in ordine di anzianità della contea di [[Kildare]] essendo stato fondato nel [[Luglio]] [[1885]], dopo soli otto mesi dalla fondazione del GAA a [[Thurles]].

===Scouts===