IRELAND, ITS HISTORY, SCENERY AND CHARACTER KILDARE The county of Kildare, an inland county of the province of Leinster, is bounded on the north by Meath; on the east by Dublin and Wicklow; on the south by Carlow; and on the west by the King's and Queen's counties. It contains, according to the Ordnance Survey, 392,435 statute acres, of which 66,447-nearly a fifth-are unprofitable mountain and bog. In 1821, the population amounted to 99,065; in 1831, to 108,424. It is divided into the baronies of Carbery, Clane-Connell, Ikeathy and Oughterany, Kilcullen, Kilkea and Moone, East Narragh and Rheban, West Narragh and Rheban, East Ophaly, West Ophaly, North Naas, South Naas, North Salt, and South Salt. The principal towns are Naas, Athy, and Kildare;1 the latter, although famous for centuries as a city renowned for saints," has dwindled into comparative insignificance; some remains of its ancient grandeur, however, still exist, the ruined cathedral retaining marks of its original beauty, extent, and magnificence; and the "round |