Baile Shigín

Jigginstown is a townland in County Kildare whose name derives from the Siggins family, documented in historical records from 1280 as 'Sigineston.'. The townland's most significant historical feature is Jigginstown Castle, begun in 1632 by Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, as an intended royal residence for King Charles I. This ambitious structure, approximately 380 feet in length, was a...