a market-town of Ireland, county of Kildare, on the Little Barrow, 5 miles N. by W. of Kildare, and 31 W.S.W. of Dublin. It is pretty well built, and contains a handsome parish church; various other places of worship, two schools, a dispensary, and several large flour-mills. There are hardly any manufactures or trade here. Pop. (1851) 1004.