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The Straffan Estate was sold by Captain Frederick Bertram Barton (" Derick ") in 1949, a father to Anthony Frederick and brother to Ronald.
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On returning to Ireland after World War I, Bacon was sent to live for a time with his maternal grandmother and step-grandfather, Winifred and Kerry Supple, at Farmleigh, Abbeyleix, County Laois, though they soon moved again to Straffan Lodge near Naas, County Kildare, his mother's birthplace.
Later that year, Francis was banished from Straffan Lodge following an incident in which his father found him admiring himself in front of a large mirror draped in his mother's underwear.
The house was built close to the small stone house of his father vicar of Kildrought and Straffan Samuel Price.
In the 1920s Straffan Station stud was the leading horse breeding stud in the country when owned by Edward " Cub " Kennedy.
Straffan was also one of 300 Irish locations accorded its own place-legend in Dinnshenchas Érenn ( Metrical ( ed.
Sruthán ( stream ) was mistakenly cited by Thomas O ' Connor in the Ordnance Survey Letters in 1837, and adopted as the Irish form of Straffan.
In 1541 Straffan was united with Castledillon, Donacumper and Kildrought.
The last Catholic Parish Priest of Castledillon died in 1707 after which the parish was joined with Straffan.
It is part of Straffan ’ s proud ecumenical tradition that the Catholic community used the Church of Ireland while their own church was undergoing reconstruction.
Straffan was the scene of a railway accident on October 5, 1853 in which 18 people died including four children.
Straffan station was last used for scheduled services in 1947 and the last special train stopped at Straffan in 1963.
During the campaign Kildare county was burned “ for in length and 25 in breadth .” William Petty ’ s Census of 1659 recorded “ Barbiestowne ” with 36 people and Straffan with 23 people, surnames among them included Byrne, Kelly, Doyle, Malone and Murphy.
In 1803 Straffan men marched to Dublin to join Emmet ’ s rebellion, while Barney Daly ’ s pub in Baronrath was used as a rendez-vous.
king Devane of the Devane clan was once a king of the general Straffan area.
also king Niallodious was well known for constructing many famous historical sites around the village such as the famous Straffan holy stone of Clonbrick.
A National League branch for Celbridge and Straffan was established on Sept 24 1887.
A branch of the Irish National Volunteers was formed in Straffan in 1914.
In February 1917 a Company was reformed in Straffan and a branch of Sinn Féin formed in 1918.
Volunteers planned to bomb the bridge at Straffan but the plan was aborted.
According to a commentator of the time “ owing to his extravagance from one of the richest commoners in Ireland he became so embarrassed that he was obliged to sell Straffan and live abroad.
In 1988 Straffan house was sold for £ 7m to the Jefferson Smurfit company for use as a golf course and hotel.
In 1991 Straffan was opened as a 31-bedroom hotel.
In 1999 Straffan ’ s bid for the Ryder Cup was eventually accepted by the European PGA.
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The Châteaux Langoa & Léoville Barton passed to the Straffan branch of the Barton family and are currently managed by Anthony Frederick Barton and his daughter, Lilian Anna Barton.
Straffan is situated at a particularly low lying point in the Liffey valley and is surrounded by flood meadows along the Liffey and River Morell.
Since the 18th century Straffan farmers have been prominent improving agriculturalists and prominent in the prize lists at events run by the Royal Dublin Society.
Local ecclesiastical sites prospered at different times, The medieval parish of Straffan lies on the border of the Diocese of Dublin ( boundaries established 1111 ), to the south of Tagahdoe Parish ( Teach Tua ), bounded on the west by Mainham, south by Bodenstown and Whitechurch, and east by Killadoon and Castledillon.
Castledillon, situated on the south bank of the River Liffey opposite Straffan, is an ancient monastic site in its own right founded by Iollathan of the desert ( feast day is listed as 2nd Feb in the Martyrology of Tallaght ) and accorded a genealogy which indicated close kinship with the Ui Dunglainge kings of Leinster.
In 1288 Sir John Fannyn conveyed Straffan and Ballespaddagh ( Irishtown ) to Richard Le Penkiston on a deed witnessed by Richard de la Salle, John Posswick and Nicholas Barby, each of whom gave their names to surrounding townlands, Sealstown ( de la Salle ), Possextown ( Posswick ) and Barberstown ( Barby ).
* Straffan AFC ( Soccer Club ) was founded in 1978 and played on lands owned by racehorse trainer Mr Michael Vance at Whitechurch Straffan.
Most recently in 2009, Straffan won the Junior football championship, with a last minute goal by Andy O ' Neill, against Two Mile House.
The criticism had been made that the bypass was crossed by a local road, running from Kill to Straffan, about which the only warning on the main road was one small sign .”
Straffan and Bertram
On his death Bertram Barton left the Straffan estate to his eldest son Derrick and the Bordeaux estate to his second son Ronald Barton.
Straffan and Barton
Development evolved through the building of estate houses ( 1880 ), land commission cottages ( 1922 – 39 ), the Murray local authority cottages ( 1949 ), and six estates around the village, Lodge Park ( 1970 ), Coarse Moor ( 1976 ), The Glebe ( 1985 ), The Beeches ( 2006 ), Straffan Gate ( 2006 ) and Barton Grange ( 2007 ).
Derrick Barton moved to Straffan Glebe House (.
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The Michael Smurfit owned K Club, situated on the River Liffey near Straffan played host to the 2006 Ryder Cup.
The Liffey Descent canoeing event, held each year since 1960, covers a course from Straffan to Islandbridge.
In 1926, the family moved back to Straffan Lodge.
It forms part of the Catholic Parish of Celbridge and Straffan within the Archdiocese of Dublin.
Christ Church is the Anglican Parish Church for Celbridge and forms part of the grouped Parish of Celbridge, Straffan and Newcastle-Lyons in the Archdiocese of Dublin and Diocese of Glendalough.
They were defeated senior football semifinalists in 1989, the senior football amalgamated side ( with Straffan ) lost two replayed SF semifinals in 1974 and 1975 and lost the Senior League final in 1924 and 2008.
The modern Catholic parish of Celbridge and Straffan comprises the medieval parishes of Kildrought and Straffan as well as the former parishes of Stacumny, Donaghcumper, Killadoon, Castledillon and Kilmacredock.
Straffan ( variously Teach Srafáin, Strafáin or An Cluanini in Irish ) is a village in County Kildare, Ireland, situated on the banks of the River Liffey, 25 km upstream of the Irish capital Dublin.
With a population, according to the census of 2006, of 439 – an increase since 2002 of 32. 2 % – Straffan is the 31st most populous centre in County Kildare.
Straffan is also an electoral division within Celbridge Number 1 Rural Area with a population of 1, 449 for the division.
Straffan is home to the Kildare Country Club, commonly known as the K Club, and its two championship golf courses, which have staged major international events such as the European Open ( annually since 1995 ), and the Ryder Cup tournament between Europe and the USA in 2006.
The name ' Straffan ' has an interesting etymological history.
A separate office had been opened at Straffan Station in May 1872, this adjacent to the former Station, 1. 5 mi ( 2. 5 km ) from the village.
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