Ecclesiastical residence in Kildare

According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 203-4), there is documentary evidence for the presence of fortified townhouses in Kildare in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, including the ‘Bishop’s Palace’, referred to in the Civil Survey of 1654 (Simmington 1952, 223). It stood immediately to the N of the cathedral, in a field known locally as ‘the Bishop’s Field’ (JKAS 1918-21, 365). No visible surface traces survive. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 8 February 2012