Crookstown

For Crookstown in County Cork, see Crookstown, County Cork.

Crookstown An Baile Gallda
—  Town  —
Crookstown Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°01′01″N 6°48′43″W / 53.016849°N 6.812038°W / 53.016849; -6.812038Coordinates: 53°01′01″N 6°48′43″W / 53.016849°N 6.812038°W / 53.016849; -6.812038
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	County Kildare
Elevation	100 m (328 ft)
Time zone	WET (UTC+0)
- Summer (DST)	IST (WEST) (UTC-1)
Irish Grid Reference	S797969

Crookstown (Irish: An Baile Gallda, meaning "town of the invader or foreigner") is a small town in the south of County Kildare, Ireland. It is on the former N9 road (now by-passed) where it meets the R415 regional road, about 75 km (47 mi) south of Dublin. It is a small town, with only a few hundred inhabitants but has a church, a primary school, a petrol station/rest area on the N9, restaurant and small hotel and also some craft shops. It is only a kilometre from the larger neighbouring village of Ballitore and the two villages are almost merged.

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

Little Theatre, R415 and St. Mary and Laurence Church, designed by J. J. McCarthy in 1860

Postbox in Crookstown

Leaving Crookstown, heading west