Tudor revival house built by William Kirkpatrick c1835, was sold after the death of Ivone Kirkpatrick to J Bruce Bredin, Springfield was associated with the Jones and Warren families and then the Mitchell family until 1906. Elm Hall was associated with the O'Connor family, Stacumny with the Lambert family, and Ballygoran with the Murray family, while The Grove was home of Dr. Charles O'Connor, resident surgeon for the workhouse and first chairman of Kildare GAA Board. Temple Mills was associated with the Tyrrell, Shaw and Von Mumm families and John Ellis. The parsonage, known as Robert Scott's house (rebuilt 1780, locally known as the "Shelbourne") fell into ruin and became the site of St Patrick's Park housing estate. Castles in the area Castles in the Celbridge area were at Castletown, Posseckstown, Simmonstown, Templemill, Reeves, Lyons, Barberstown and St. Wolstans. People Born or resident John Alen Archbishop of Dublin, and Chancellor of Ireland (1476–1534), casualty of the "Silken Thomas" Fitzgerald rebellion in 1534, and his cousin John Alan (c. 1500 – 1561), also Lord Chancellor, buried at Donoghcomper. Simon Bradstreet (1792–1853) of Stacumny, founder member of the Catholic Association and associate of Daniel O'Connell. Ben Briscoe (b.1934) former Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála and former Lord Mayor of Dublin John Augustus Conolly (1829–1888), Victoria Cross recipient William "Speaker" Conolly (1662–1729) one of the most powerful politicians in Ireland in the first decades of the 18th century. Lady Louisa Conolly (1743–1821) and her sister Sarah Napier (1745–1826), both daughters of Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond. Thomas Dongan, 2nd Earl of Limerick (1634–1715), member of the Irish Parliament, an officer during the English Civil War, and Governor of the Province of New York Arthur Guinness (1725–1803) founder of the famous brewery is buried in Oughterard cemetery, near the plot of his uncle William Read. He was the son of Richard Guinness and Elizabeth Read (1698–1742) from Bishopscourt, who was agent and receiver of Dr Arthur Price and lived in Celbridge at the time of Arthur's birth. Aidan Higgins (b.1927), a writer whose 1972 novel, Balcony of Europe was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Ivone Kirkpatrick (1897–1964), diplomatist, British Chancellor in Berlin before the second world war, and Under-Secretary of the British Foreign Office Donal MacIntyre (b.1966), campaigning television journalist. Devon Murray (b.1988), portrayer of Seamus Finnegan in the Harry Potter films, was raised in Celbridge. George Napier (1751–1804) and his sons George (1784–1855),