Curragh
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A large flat plain in County Kildare used for grazing horses and training soldiers
- proper noun
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Curragh
- Military exercises are often conducted on the large, open fields of Curragh in Ireland.
Examples
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During our visit to Curragh, we admired the expansive landscape ideal for horse training.
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In the center of one of the small enclosures on the Curragh, excavators found the burial of a young woman.
Academic text (2011) -
To the west is an open range known as the Curragh, sacred to St. Brigid and thought to have been the site of a Lughnasa.
Academic text (2011) -
In an uneven line northwest across the Curragh are a series of small enclosures with external banks and internal ditches, just as at the royal sites.
Academic text (2011) -
The horses grazed peacefully on the vast plain of Curragh in County Kildare.
Surface Forms
Curragh main
Etymology
Curragh comes from the Irish word currach, meaning 'marsh' or 'bog'. That name fits the large, flat plain in County Kildare where horses graze and soldiers once trained.