,
Kildare Street, Dublin Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of
ring fort sites, and a large
motte-and-bailey castle site, in Castletown townland. The disused
Church of Ireland church in the townland, dedicated to
Saint Patrick and likely the origin of "Kilpatrick", was built on the site of an older churchyard. The existing
Roman Catholic church, also dedicated to Saint Patrick, was built . A battle of the
1798 Rebellion, involving revolutionaries from
County Wexford, was fought near the village. The casualties were buried in mostly unmarked graves in the nearby Knightstown
bog. The
Navan and Kingscourt branch line had a
halt at the village, which was closed in 1933. The line remained in use for freight use until 2001. A
human-trafficking base of activity was discovered outside the village in 2016. ==Amenities==