Crookstown
Baile an Chrócaigh | |
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Village | |
 Little Theatre, R415 and St. Mary and Laurence Church, designed by J. J. McCarthy in 1860 | |
  Crookstown Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°01′11″N 6°48′10″W / 53.019722°N 6.802778°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Kildare |
| Elevation | 100 m (300 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | S797969 |
Crookstown (Irish: Baile an Chrócaigh) is a village in the south of County Kildare, Ireland. It lies in the townland of Crookstown Upper on the R448 road where it meets the R415 regional road, about 75 km (47 mi) south of Dublin. It has a few hundred inhabitants, a church, a primary school, a petrol station/rest area on the N9, restaurant and some craft shops.[citation needed] It is less than one kilometre from the larger neighbouring village of Ballitore, and Crookstown is treated as part of Ballitore for census purposes.