Cill Chéile

Kilteel occupies a strategically significant location on the southwestern corner of the English Pale, functioning as a medieval border fortress defending against Gaelic Irish families from Wicklow during the 13th-15th centuries. The settlement's name derives from Saint Céile Crist, a hermit who reluctantly accepted elevation to the bishopric of Leinster, dying around 727-728 with a feast day co...