Maynooth

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Maynooth

Total population

17,259

Coordinates53.38°, -6.59°

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

Overview

Maynooth is a university town in north County Kildare, Ireland. It is home to Maynooth University and St Patrick's College, a Pontifical University and Ireland's sole Roman Catholic seminary. Maynooth is also the seat of the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference and holds the headquarters of Ireland's largest development charity, Trócaire. Maynooth is located 24 kilometres west of central Dublin.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

John Bruton

Irish politician and prime minister (1947–2024)

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)

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)

Ciarán Kilduff

Irish footballer

James Duggan

Catholic bishop (1825–1899)

Trevor Brennan

Irish rugby union player

Aidan Higgins

Irish novelist (1927–2015)

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

Nearby places in Kildare

• Kilcock
  3.3 mi away · pop. 8,674
• Celbridge
  3.8 mi away · pop. 20,601
• Leixlip
  4.4 mi away · pop. 16,733
• Straffan
  4.9 mi away
• Rathcoffey
  4.9 mi away
• Tirmoghan
  5.8 mi away
• Ardclough
  6 mi away
• Clane
  7.4 mi away · pop. 2,500
• Kill
  9.3 mi away
• Prosperous
  9.3 mi away
• Sallins
  9.7 mi away · pop. 6,269
• Johnstown
  10.2 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 Maynooth

Maynooth College

John Healy · 1895

Maynooth students and ordinations index, 1795-1895

Patrick J. Hamell · 1982

Maynooth development plan

Kildare (Ireland : County). County Council. · 1995

Maynooth development plan 1996

Kildare (Ireland : County). County Council. · 1996

A young visitor's guide to St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, Co. Kildare

Eileen Doyle · 1995

Maynooth

Mary Cullen · 1979

IMVIP 2007

International Machine Vision and Image Processing Conference (2007 Maynooth, Ireland) · 2007

Reminiscences of a Maynooth professor

Walter McDonald · 1925

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

purple loosestrife

Lythrum salicaria

Seen 2026-09-23

Bifid Crestwort

Lophocolea bidentata

Seen 2026-09-23

Tree Climacium Moss

Climacium dendroides

Seen 2026-09-23

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

birch polypore

Fomitopsis betulina

Seen 2026-09-23

rough goose neck moss

Hylocomiadelphus triquetrus

Seen 2026-09-23

bittersweet nightshade

Solanum dulcamara

Seen 2026-09-23

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