Milltown is a village in County Kildare

County Kildare

County Kildare is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the local authority for the county...

, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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. It is 7 km from the town of Newbridge

Newbridge, County Kildare

The earliest known mention of Newbridge was by traveller and bookseller John Dunton in 1698, though he does not refer to any settlement other than at Ballymany....

. It is on the R415

R415 road

The R415 road is a regional road in Ireland, which runs north-south from its junction with the R403 in Allenwood to the R448 at Crookstown, passing through Kildare town, and crossing the N78 between Kilcullen and Athy. The route is entirely within County Kildare.The route is long.-References:* –...

 regional road

Regional road

A regional road in Ireland is a class of road not forming a major route , but nevertheless forming a link in the national route network. There are over 11,600 kilometres of regional roads. Regional roads are numbered with three digit route numbers, prefixed by "R" A regional road in Ireland is a...

 between Allenwood

Allenwood

Allenwood is a small Irish village in County Kildare situated on the Grand Canal. Allenwood is located about from Dublin and half way between Rathangan and Clane in North County Kildare....

 and Crookstown

Crookstown

Crookstown is a small town in the south of County Kildare, Ireland. It is on the former N9 road where it meets the R415 regional road, about south of Dublin...

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Demographics

In the 2002 Census, the village had a population of 271, by 2006 this had shrunk by 10.7% to 242.

Churches

Milltown is part of the Allen Parish. The Church of St Brigid is located in Milltown. The present Church of St Brigid was built in 1817. An inserted tablet records -A Chapel of ease was erected here in 1817 by Rev. John Lawler P.P. and the subscription of the faithful. It was renovated and reroofed in 1961. The Rev. John Lawlor who erected the Church, was Parish Priest of Allen 1802 to 1830. He was a native of Morristown in the parish of Monasterevan. A portion of the east gable of an older chapel of the penal times still stands near the modern church. An even older church at Milltown or Ballymuillen is mentioned again in Dr McGeoghegan’s list of churches. The Church of St Brigid underwent major renovation in 2007/08.

People

• Damien Leith
  Damien Leith
  Damien Leo Leith is an Irish Australian singer–songwriter. He was the winner of the Network Ten music contest Australian Idol 2006Damien has also guest co-hosted 'The Morning Show' on Network Ten on 18 July 2011.He was born in Ireland and now lives in Australia with his Australian wife, Eileen...
  
   was raised in Milltown.
• Cllr. Tony O'Donnell
  Tony O'Donnell
  Tony O'Donnell, N.D. is an Irish naturopath certified in neurolinguistic programming. He is also a certified hypnotherapist and nutritionist. O'Donnell is the only naturopathic doctor in America who actually shows, on television, the therapeutic benefits of raw herbs...
  
  grew up in the village.