Charles (1782–1853), William (1785–1860), and Henry (1789–1853), later to be collectively known as "Wellington's Colonels." Art O'Connor (1888–1950), Minister for Agriculture in the second Dáil cabinet (1921) and briefly leader of Sinn Féin after the foundation of Fianna Fáil Arthur Price (1678/9–1752) serial bishop of four different Church of Ireland dioceses, culminating in the Archbishopric of Cashel, and benefactor to Brewer Arthur Guinness. Damien Rice (b.1973), indie musician. Thomas Rochfort (died 1522) Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral and Master of the Rolls in Ireland, born at Killadoon, where his father was Lord of the Manor. John Sheehan (1809–1882), a journalist who wrote under the pseudonym of "the Irish Whisky Drinker" grew up in Celbridge Kathleen Walsh (1947–2007), politician, elected as an independent to Kildare County Council at the 1999 local elections, and member of the Seanad 2002–2007. Lived briefly or were educated in Celbridge William Baillie (1723–1810), art dealer and printmaker, was the second son of Robert Baillie of Celbridge. John Wynn Baker (c. 1730 – 1775), who established the first factory in Ireland in 1765 is buried at Celbridge. Caroline Blackwood (1931–1996), writer, lived for a time in Castletown, originally with her husband, the depressive American poet Robert Lowell (1917–1977) and then with the poet Andrew Harvey (b 1951). Henry Grattan (1746–1821) renowned 18th Irish patriot politician, lived with his uncle Colonel Thomas Marlay at Celbridge Abbey between 1777 and 1780. He afterwards wrote: "Along the banks of that river, amid the groves and bowers of Swift and Vanessa, I grew convinced that I was right". Richard McIlkenny (1934–2006), member of the Birmingham Six miscarriage of justice case, resided in the town until his death on 22 May 2006. Those educated at Celbridge include the disabled world traveller and politician Arthur Macmorrough Kavanagh (1831–1889), Church of Ireland bishop John Jebb (1775–1833), and broadcaster Ruth Buchanan. See also List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland Market Houses in Ireland Notes and references External links Towns and villages in County Kildare Articles on towns and villages in Ireland possibly missing Irish place names