For elections to Dáil Éireann, there are two constituencies in the area of the county ; Kildare North, which returns four TDs and Kildare South which returns three TDs.

In the Irish general election, 2011, Kildare North returned Bernard Durkan ( FG ), Anthony Lawlor ( FG ), Catherine Murphy ( Ind ), and Emmet Stagg ( Lab ) while with Martin Heydon ( FG ,) Sean O Fearghail ( FF ) and Jack Wall ( Lab ) were returned for Kildare South.

Ua Buachalla was elected as a Sinn Féin MP for Kildare North at the 1918 general election.

In the 1930s and 1940s, plans were made to demolish the building, and all other buildings on the block on which it is located ( which covered an area on Dawson Street, Molesworth Street, Kildare Street and the North side of St. Stephen's Green ), to enable the building of a new Dublin City Hall.

He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil TD in 1977 and held the seat in Kildare ( and later Kildare North ) until 2004 when he became Ireland's European Commissioner.

From here, the route continues out of the city via Nassau Street, Kildare Street, North side of St. Stephen's Green, Merrion Row, Baggot Street Lower, Pembroke Street Lower, Fitzwilliam Square West and Pembroke Street Upper.

* iRadio ( NE and Midlands )-Counties Kildare, Meath, North Laois, Carlow, Louth, Westmeath, Offaly, Cavan and Monaghan.

The majority of stations heard in Dublin can also be heard in North East Kildare, South Meath and North Wicklow.

It was planned for two regional country and Irish licences to be advertised with the first ( North East ) region covering North Kildare, Meath, Louth and parts of Cavan and Monaghan ; and the second ( Mid West ) region covering Limerick, Galway, Clare and parts of Tipperary and Kerry.

Knockharley Cricket Club were founded in 1982 and are the only cricket club in County Meath competing in the Leinster Cricket Union, the clubs most recent success came in 2006 when the 1st XI won the Middle 2 Leinster Cup defeating Mullingar at North Kildare.

Device used as logo for Maynooth village on street signs, tourist information, etc. The town is the main retail and service centre for North Kildare and South Meath, with branches of SuperValu, Tesco Ireland, Aldi and Lidl, as well as a wide variety of non-chain stores.

The North Kildare Rugby Club is the local rugby club and is situated about 3 km from Maynooth on the Kilcock road.

* North Kildare Rugby Club

Whole swathes of Harcourt Street and St. Stephen's Green were demolished and rebuilt in such a fashion in the 1970s and 1980s, as were parts of Parnell Square, Kildare Street, North Great George's Street and many other areas around the city.

On the North side of St Stephen's Green, there were four but are now two clubs ( originally gentlemen's clubs ): the Hibernian United Services Club ( number 8, closed in 2002 ), the Stephen's Green Hibernian Club ( number 9, originally the Stephen's Green Club, prior to its merger with the Hibernian United Services Club ), the " Friendly Brothers of St Patrick " ( number 22, now closed ) and the Kildare Street and University Club ( number 17 ).

The medieval castle was originally built in the 13th century by Stuart Cullen, an early Anglo-Norman warrior and landowner in North Kildare. He had been given extensive lands in the area of Kill, Celbridge and Mainham by his brother, Rurai Blaney, who had come to Ireland with ' Strongbow ', the Earl of Pembroke.

The North Kildare Rugby Club is situated about 1. 5 km from Kilcock on the Maynooth road, recently renovated and a regular host to major area finals ( 2006 Towns Cup Wicklow vs Tullamore attracted 3500 +) and schools cup matches.

Celbridge is located within the Kildare North constituency which elects 4 TDs to the Dáil.

Celbridge has six primary schools, Primrose Hill ( co-ed, COI ), St Brigids ( girls, RC ), Aghards ( mixed, RC ), Scoil na Mainistreach ( boys, RC ) and North Kildare Educate Together ( mixed, multi-denominational ), and St Patrick's on the Dublin Road ( mixed, RC ); two secondary schools ; St Wolstan's Community School for girls ( the only all-female community school in Ireland ) and Salesian College Celbridge for boys.

On 17 October 1970, the new North Stand and the Cardiff RFC ground was completed, the North Stand cost just over GB £ 1 million.

This came about because the WRU were unable to secure enough funding to include the North Stand in the Millennium Stadium, and the National Lottery Commission would not provide any additional funds to be used for the construction of a new ground for Cardiff RFC.

Cardiff RFC Ltd, the company that runs Cardiff Blues and Cardiff RFC, still has a 15-year lease on the Arms Park, but talks are underway to release the rugby club from the terms of the lease, to enable the Millennium Stadium to be redeveloped with a new North Stand and adjoining convention centre.

Finn Valley RFC and Tir Chonaill RFC both compete in the Ulster Minor League North.

After several years of promotion Old Ashmolean RFC, now in London North West 4, is the highest ranked Rugby Club based in Southgate.

In 1931 nine northern Welsh clubs met at Wrexham to form the North Wales Rugby Union, Wrexham RFC were one of the founders.

Hinckley RFC have been involved in league rugby since 1987, during which time the first team has been as high as National League 3 North ( level 4 ).

Bangor is also home to rugby union team Bangor RFC who play in the WRU Division Two North league.

The town is home to several sporting organisations, including football club Diss Town FC, who won the FA Vase at Wembley in 1994, Diss RFC ( based in nearby Roydon ) who won the London 2 North league in 2009 earning promotion to the National leagues, Diss & District Cycling Club and Diss & District Bowls Club and Diss ladies netball club.

However when the Northern clubs split from the RFU to form the Northern Rugby Union ( later known as the Rugby Football League ) a number of Gloucester RFC players " went North ".

Shelford's Rugby Union team, Shelford RFC, competes in the R. F. U. 's National League 2 South, and plays its home fixtures at its ground on Cambridge Road, in the North of the village.

There are 12 rugby clubs from Mahurangi RFC, based in Warkworth, Rodney District, in the north through to the North Shore club based in Devonport, North Shore City, the southernmost area of the union.

This was a detachment of No. 36 Home Defence Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps located at RFC Station Cramlington, in Northumberland charged with the defence of the North East of England and the Yorkshire coast.

Aspull has its own Rugby Union ( Aspull RFC ) club which currently plays in North Lancashire Division 2 and University of Salford Division 5 North

Ironwood boasts a rich cultural life that includes two theater organizations Theatre North and Ironwood Theatre.

The school, cemetery and Harvester restaurant all lie along South Main St. North Main boasts the relatively new music studio ( housed in what used to be an independent hardware store ), a convenience store, the village library, park, phone company and post office, the bank, Peace Community Church, a few homes, and the town newspaper: the Climax Crescent.

Concord boasts a comprehensive collection of late nineteenth and early twentieth century historic homes along the streets of Union St North, Union St South, and Edgewood Ave.

The town boasts the first hotel in the world with an indoor curling ice rink ( North West Castle ), and was the birthplace of Hammy McMillan, a World Champion curler, who continues to live in the town today.

The motor group now boasts eight dealerships across the North West with the newest addition appearing in the form of Chorley Fiat in Blackpool.

Moscow contains a great variety of impressive Soviet era buildings along with modern scyscrapers, while Saint Petersburg, nicknamed Venice of the North, boasts of its classical architecture, many rivers, channels and bridges.

It is widely regarded as the highest in-bounds skiable terrain in North America, but the Telluride resort boasts Palmyra Peak () and Silverton Mountain has terrain up to.

The University of Kentucky boasts seven governors, including current Governor of Kentucky Steve Beshear, former Governor of Ohio Ted Strickland, current Governor of North Carolina Beverly Perdue, and former governors Ernie Fletcher, Paul E. Patton and Tom Jefferson Terral, and former governor, U. S. Senator and Commissioner of Major League Baseball Albert " Happy " Chandler.

This film boasts 80 performers ( mostly British ), including Ray Milland, C. Aubrey Smith, Claude Rains, Charles Laughton and – among the few North Americans – Canadian Buster Keaton.

The British Museum in London boasts an exhilarating exhibit of carvings from the North Palace of Ashurbanipal, also excavated at Nineveh, depicting the king hunting and killing lions.

While the North has the Himalayan rivers flowing year-round and boasts the river Ganges, the South has the river Kaveri, which originates at Talakaveri and dries up in the summer.

Bishop's Stortford also boasts two association football clubs-Bishop's Stortford F. C., who play in the Conference North, and Bishop's Stortford Swifts, who play in the Essex Olympian Football League.

Bowen boasts a cinema, the Summergarden Twin Theatre, the Denison Hotel, the Queens Beach Hotel, the Central Hotel, the North Australian Hotel, the Commercial Hotel, Barnacles Backpackers and the Grand View Hotel.

Black Creek Pioneer Village, an authentic nineteenth-century village, and the Ontario Science Centre, which boasts over 800 science-oriented exhibits, are North York's primary attractions.

Chongjin also boasts a seamen's club which serves to cater for foreign crews as well as a meeting base for North Koreans and foreigners engaged in the shipping trade.

The town boasts a railway station that was once part of the Main North Line.

North Rocks also boasts an 18 hole competition Golf Course and club facilities.

Also, Barton City boasts " the biggest little Fourth in the North "-a two-day festival in the city park on Fourth of July weekend including a grease pole competition, sawdust pile, a flea market and a beer tent.

The town boasts two fine old churches, including the Alexander North Heritage-listed Anglican church of St Stephen in Dodgin Street.

Rangiora boasts two theatre companies: The North Canterbury Musical Society and The Rangiora Players.

Tawa St is home to the North Wellington Badminton Association, which boasts a 6 court tournament class stadium.

This species boasts the largest simple leaf and single flower of any native plant in North America.

Barnet, Hertfordshire was one such location and even today boasts an unusually high number of historic pubs along its high street due to its former position on the Great North Road from London to the North of England.