Leixlip

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Leixlip

Total population

16,733

Elevation46 m

Coordinates53.36°, -6.49°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Leixlip is a town in north-east County Kildare, Ireland. Its location on the confluence of the River Liffey and the Rye Water has marked it as a frontier town historically: on the border between the ancient kingdoms of Leinster and Brega, as an outpost of the Pale, and on Kildare's border with County Dublin. Leixlip was also a civil parish in the ancient barony of Salt North.

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

M

Michelle Smith

Irish swimmer

Patrick Sarsfield

Irish Jacobite peer (1655-1693)

Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare

Lord Deputy of Ireland (1487-1534)

Arthur Guinness

Irish brewer and the founder of the Guinness brewery business and family (1725–1803)

Emma Byrne

Irish association football player

William Francis Patrick Napier

Irish soldier in the British Army and military historian (1785-1860)

Michael Fitzgerald

Irish psychiatrist and academic

Art O'Connor

Irish politician (1888-1950)

Domhnall Ua Buachalla

Irish politician (1866-1963)

William Caine

British colonial administrator (1798-1871)

E

Eamonn Oliver Walsh

Irish Roman Catholic Bishop

Ralph Corbie

Irish Jesuit

K

Kate Walsh

Irish politician (1947-2007)

Lord Edward FitzGerald

Irish nationalist (1763–1798)

G

George Gordon

British botanist (1806-1879)

James Duggan

Catholic bishop (1825–1899)

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

Nearby places in Kildare

• Celbridge
  2.7 mi away · pop. 20,601
• Maynooth
  4.4 mi away · pop. 17,259
• Ardclough
  5.6 mi away
• Straffan
  6.1 mi away
• Kilcock
  7.7 mi away · pop. 8,674
• Rathcoffey
  8.1 mi away
• Kill
  9 mi away
• Clane
  9.6 mi away · pop. 2,500
• Tirmoghan
  10 mi away
• Johnstown
  10.4 mi away
• Sallins
  10.8 mi away · pop. 6,269
• Prosperous
  12 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 Leixlip

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Common Sow-thistle

Sonchus oleraceus

Seen 2026-09-24

Eurasian Jackdaw

Coloeus monedula

Seen 2026-09-24

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

Seen 2026-09-22

Bronze Beetle

Chrysolina bankii

Seen 2026-09-22

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Seen 2026-09-22

European beech

Fagus sylvatica

Seen 2026-09-22

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

Coccinella septempunctata

Seen 2026-09-22

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Seen 2026-09-22

Great Willowherb

Epilobium hirsutum

Seen 2026-09-22

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