Ardclough

Ardclough / Ardclogh
Ard Cloch
Village
Ardclough / Ardclogh is located in Ireland
Ardclough / Ardclogh
Ardclough / Ardclogh
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°17′53″N 6°34′07″W / 53.29807°N 6.56874°W / 53.29807; -6.56874
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Kildare
Elevation
61 m (200 ft)
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Ardclough, officially Ardclogh[1] (/ɑːrdˈklɒx/; Irish: Ard Cloch, meaning 'high stone'), is a village and community in the parish of Kill, County Kildare, Ireland. It is two miles (3 km) off the N7 national primary road. It is the burial place and probable birthplace of Arthur Guinness, who is said to have returned to the maternal homestead of the Reads at Huttonread to give birth in the tradition of the time.

  1. ^ "Placenames Database of Ireland: Ardclogh". Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2011.