Kilteel
Cill Chéile | |
---|---|
Village | |
![]() | |
Coordinates: 53°14′06″N 6°31′26″W / 53.235°N 6.524°W | |
Province | Leinster |
County | County Kildare |
Elevation | 243.8 m (799.9 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Urban | 225 |
Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Year | Pop. | ±% |
---|---|---|
1841 | 923 | — |
1851 | 676 | −26.8% |
1871 | 477 | −29.4% |
1901 | 268 | −43.8% |
1951 | 181 | −32.5% |
2002 | 483 | +166.9% |
[1] |
Kilteel (Irish: Cill Chéile) is the name of a village, townland and civil parish located in the barony of South Salt, County Kildare, Ireland. The townland of Kilteel Upper contains the remains of a church with a decorated Romanesque chancel arch, the ruins of a 13th-century preceptory of the Knights Hospitaller and a well-preserved 15th-century tower house. The historic settlement is located on the southwest corner of the English Pale and served an important function as a border fortress during the medieval period.