The Curragh 1855

Jawgap

The Military Heritage Trust has just re-published this article to commemorate 90 years since the Curragh was handed over by the British....

"Lugard’s Legacy – A Stratified Society on Long Hill"

"Lt Col H. W. Lugard, Royal Engineers laid out the first permanent Camp on the Curragh between March 1855 and January 1856 and told the story of the construction in his [FONT=Times,Times][FONT=Times,Times]Narrative of Operations in the Arrangement and Formation of a Camp for 10,000 Infantry on the Curragh of Kildare"
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time lord

I was always told Hare Park was the first area taken over by the Irish. It was the night before the official handover and they asked permission to raise a tricolour the next morning. It wasn't raised that morning needless to say.
Ps lost some serious sweat in Hare Park:eek:

neilled

time lord wrote: »

I was always told Hare Park was the first area taken over by the Irish. It was the night before the official handover and they asked permission to raise a tricolour the next morning. It wasn't raised that morning needless to say.
Ps lost some serious sweat in Hare Park:eek:

They wouldn't really have had the chance - typically the British Army cut down the flag poles whenever they withdrew - hence the tricolour on the watertower was raised with a piece of drainpipe. The only place they forgot to do this was on spike island when the RA withdrew from the treaty ports....

Uncle Fester

The following web site has a vast amount of information on The History of The Curragh Camp.

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