[1] It is notable for its two large pyramid-shaped mausoleums, and as the burial place of much of the local anglo/norman aristocracy.

The name is archaically spelled Maudlings;[2] derives from Mary Magdalene, often depicted in art as mourning for Jesus after his crucifixion, and thus associated with burial grounds (cf.

[3] At the time of the dissolution of the monasteries (c. 1540), Great Connell Priory was noted as possessing seven acres near to "the Maudelein of Naas.

"[4] By 1606 the lands at Maudlings belonged to the chantry priests of St. David's Church, Naas.

[8] The Journal of the Co. Kildare Archaeological Society recorded in 1895 that grave-robbing took place at Maudlins, with the body of Moorehead, former governor of Naas Gaol, being one of the victims.