Allen

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Allen

Coordinates53.24°, -6.86°

Demographic figures from Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Allen is a village in County Kildare in Ireland located on regional road R415 between Kilmeage and Milltown. The village is overlooked by Hill of Allen. This hill, visible over much of Kildare and the surrounding counties, is regarded as the ancient seat of Fionn mac Cumhaill.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

T

Tony Adams

Film and theater producer (1953-2005)

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Thomas FitzGerald, 2nd Earl of Kildare

Noble in the Peerage of Ireland and Lord Justice of Ireland

Christy Moore

Irish folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist

Devon Murray

Irish actor

Barry St. Leger

British army officer

M

Michèle Burke

Irish-born make-up artist

Pat Eddery

Irish jockey (1952–2015)

George Pomeroy Colley

British Army general (1835–1881)

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Edward Guinness, 4th Earl of Iveagh

Anglo-Irish aristocrat and businessman

Luka Bloom

Irish singer-songwriter

Richard H. Whiteley

American politician (1830-1890)

C

Claire Brady

Irish distance runner

David Byrne

Irish lawyer and Attorney General

Nonpareil Dempsey

Irish-American boxer

R

Rachel Wyse

Irish sports presenter and equestrian

P

Patrick Harrington

Irish bishop

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Kildare

• Kilmeague
  1 mi away
• Milltown
  2.4 mi away
• Robertstown
  2.7 mi away
• Allenwood
  3.1 mi away · pop. 1,685
• Blackwood
  4.1 mi away
• Newbridge
  4.8 mi away · pop. 24,366
• Carragh
  5.2 mi away
• Prosperous
  5.5 mi away
• Rathangan
  5.8 mi away
• Kildare
  6.2 mi away · pop. 10,302
• Ticknevin
  6.8 mi away
• Athgarvan
  6.8 mi away

Browse all places in Kildare →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Allen

Dayzee Dazzle and the Kildare Killers

Edward Allen Karr · 2021

An act for making and keeping in repair, a road from the town of Ballynagarr, in the King's county, though the bogg of Allen, and lands adjacent to the town of Clane, in the county of Kildare

Ireland. · 1752

Contributions towards a dictionary of English book-collectors

Quaritch, Bernard · 1892

Insomnia

Stephen King · 1994

Postmodern American Poetry

Paul Hoover · 2013

Novels (Dolores Claiborne / Insomnia / Rose Madder)

Stephen King · 1997

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Red Admiral

Vanessa atalanta

Seen 2026-09-23

Common Flower Fly

Syrphus ribesii

Seen 2026-09-23

Western Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

Seen 2026-09-23

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

Coccinella septempunctata

Seen 2026-09-23

Common Drone Fly

Eristalis tenax

Seen 2026-09-23

Beech Gall Midge

Mikiola fagi

Seen 2026-09-22

Carrion Crow

Corvus corone

Seen 2026-09-20

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Seen 2026-09-20

Small Tortoiseshell

Aglais urticae

Seen 2026-09-20

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).