Curragh Camp
The Curragh Camp is an army base and military college in The Curragh, County Kildare, Ireland. It is the main training centre for the Irish Defence Forces and is home to 2,000 military personnel.Photo: Irish Defence Forces, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Curragh Military Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cut Bush and Athgarvan.
Cut Bush
Village
Cutbush or Cut Bush is a village in County Kildare, Ireland, south of The Curragh and east of Kildare town. It is situated in the civil parish of Ballysax, which had a population of 342 as of the 2016 census. Cut Bush is situated 2½ km south of Curragh Camp.
Athgarvan
Village
Photo: sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Athgarvan is a village 4 km southwest of Newbridge in County Kildare, Ireland. The population of the village was 1,176 in the census of 2016. Athgarvan is situated 4 km east of Curragh Camp.
Newbridge
Town
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Newbridge, officially known by its Irish name Droichead Nua, is a town in County Kildare, Ireland. While the nearby Great Connell Priory was founded in the 13th century, the town itself formed from the 18th century onwards, and grew rapidly alongside a military barracks which opened in the early 19th century. Newbridge is situated 4½ km northeast of Curragh Camp.
Curragh Camp
- Type: Locality
- Description: of the British Army and later the Irish Army
- Category: military base
- Location: County Kildare, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.14722° or 53° 8′ 50″ northLongitude
-6.83639° or 6° 50′ 11″ westElevation
119 metres (390 feet)Open location code
9C5M45W7+VCOpenStreetMap ID
node 52239723OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Curragh Camp” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Curragh Camp”
- Catalan: “camp de Curragh”
- Catalan: “Camp de Curragh”
- Chinese: “克拉軍營”
- Chinese: “庫拉格軍營”
- Chinese: “沼泽军营”
- Chinese: “沼澤軍營”
- Czech: “Curragh Camp”
- French: “Camp d’internement de Curragh”
- French: “camp de Curragh”
- French: “Camp de Curragh”
- Galician: “Curragh Camp”
- Irish: “Campa an Churraigh”
- Japanese: “カーラ・キャンプ”
- Urdu: “کوراگ کیمپ”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Curragh Camp and Semaphore Hill.
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