The Curragh

Around Carlow
County Kildare

Curragh Military Cemetery, Co. Kildare

I stopped to see the Military graveyard on the Curragh of Kildare. It is called Curragh Military Cemetery and is situated on the eastern side of Curragh Military Camp, 3 miles southwest of Newbridge, and 4 miles southeast of Kildare town. The Curragh has historically been a military assembly area, due to the wide expanse […]

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Around Carlow
County Kildare

The Curragh, Co. Kildare

The Curragh is a flat open plain of almost 2,000 hectares (5,000 acres) of common land in County Kildare. The name Curragh comes from the Irish word “currach” which translates as “plain”, a place of the running horse. So, the Curragh is Ireland’s largest, finest, and possibly only, example of a surviving ancient lowland unenclosed […]

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