Pubs, Hotels, Taverns and Bars in County Kildare, Ireland

Kildare can claim the start of the Guinness story. Arthur Guinness was born near Celbridge in 1725 and bought his first brewery at Leixlip in 1755, before taking on St James's Gate in Dublin. He is buried at Oughter Ard, beside his mother. The county's other great passion is racing. Horses have run on the Curragh since at least 1727, the course stages all five Irish Classics, and the Punchestown Festival each April is Ireland's answer to Cheltenham.