The Curragh Camp (Irish: Campa an Churraigh) 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.

The Curragh incident of 20 March 1914, sometimes known as the Curragh mutiny, occurred in the Curragh, County Kildare, Ireland. The Curragh Camp was then the main base for the British Army in Ireland, which at the time still formed part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Most outstanding in the middle of the British Army exhibit is a beautifully restored short grand piano. Built for Judge Smithly in 1895, the Essex Regiment brought it to the Curragh in 1905. The piano was found a number of years back in the old band room being used as a storage table.

The Curragh Army Camp in 1854 is meant for additional training area for the British Army was recognized as an urgent necessity by the government in London.

On March 20, 1914, General Sir Arthur Paget, commander of British forces in Ireland, informed officers stationed at Curragh that they might soon be deployed to Ulster to quell any armed resistance from the UVF.

2 days ago · Husband and wife Sgt Dave Connaughton and Capt Kira Connaughton with their daughters, Molly (8) and Fiadh (6) after Capt Connaughton was commissioned at the Defence Forces ceremony at the Curragh ...

Mar 21, 2025 · Step back in time to March 20, 1914, as we uncover the dramatic Curragh Incident—a shocking military rebellion that shook British rule in Ireland. As tensions over Irish Home Rule reached a boiling point, British Army officers at Curragh Camp in County Kildare refused to act against Ulster Unionists, threatening to resign rather than enforce ...

The Curragh Camp (Irish: Campa an Churraigh) is an army base and military college located in The Curragh, County Kildare, Ireland. It is the main training centre for the Irish Army. The Curragh has historically been a military assembly area due to the wide expanse of plain.

In 1854 the Curragh, for the first time, became a military station, though only a small camp of canvas. In the years 1868 and 1870 the War Department, by Act of Parliament, were granted permission to build on a portion of this plain, now known as the Curragh Camp.

The Ulster Protestants now created the Ulster Volunteer Force, which recruited thousands of men ready to fight, while Sinn Fein and other nationalist groups reacted by forming their own army, the Irish (or National) Volunteers.