The Curragh Camp 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 is a plain in County Kildare Ireland. ... County Kildare (Irish: Contae Chill Dara) is an Irish county located to the southwest of Dublin in the province of Leinster. ... The Irish Army is the main branch of the Irish Defence Forces of the Republic of Ireland. ...

Historically a military assembly area (being chosen by Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnel as a muster point for the cause of James II in the Glorious Revolution) it is so named as it had been used for soldiers to camp on under canvas tents for centuries. Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnel (1630 – 14 August 1691), the youngest of sixteen children of Sir William Talbot, Bart. ... A muster is an assembly or a collection, as in: Military Muster - A formal inspection A roll call. ... The term Glorious Revolution refers to the Whig-popular overthrow of James II of England in 1688 by a conspiracy between some Parliamentarians and the Dutch stadtholder William III of Orange-Nassau. ...

The first permanent military structures were built in 1855 by British soldiers preparing for the Crimean War. 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Combatants United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Second French Empire, Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of Sardinia Imperial Russia Strength 250,000 British 400,000 French 10,000 Sardinian 1,200,000 Russian Casualties 17,500 British 90,000 French 35,000 Turkish 2,050 Sardinian killed, wounded and died of...

In the following decade Queen Victoria visited to inspect troops, and as her son (Edward VII the then Prince of Wales) was serving at the camp. Victoria Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819–22 January 1901) was a Queen of the United Kingdom, reigning from 20 June 1837 until her death. ... Edward VII (Albert Edward) (9 November 1841–6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King of the Commonwealth Realms, and the Emperor of India. ... The Prince of Wales Feathers. This Heraldic badge of the Heir Apparent is derived from the ostrich feathers borne by Edward, the Black Prince. ...

In 1879 the first of the "modern" barracks (Beresford Barracks) was built at the camp, and seven new barracks were subsequently constructed through the turn of the century. 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

The camp was the location of the Curragh incident in 1914. It was also used as a military detention centre where civil war prisoners and, later, members and suspected members of the Irish Republican Army were interned on various occasions between the 1920s and the 1950s. It was also used to intern Allied and Axis personnel who had found themselves in Ireland during WWII. The Curragh incident July 20, 1914 is also known as the Curragh Mutiny. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Combatants Irish Republican Army (1922-1969) Irish Army of the Irish Free State Commanders Liam Lynch Michael Collins Richard Mulcahy Strength c. ... The West Cork Flying Column during the War of Independence. ... The word internment is generally used to refer to the imprisonment or confinement of people, generally in prison camps or prisons, without due process of law and a trial. ... The 1920s was a decade sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ... The 1950s were a decade that spanned the years 1950 through 1959. ... The group of countries known as the Allies of World War II, were those nations opposed to the Axis Powers during the Second World War. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ...

The Curragh Camp is now home to the Defence Forces Training Centre of the Irish Defence Forces, housing the Command and Staff School, the Cadet School, the Infantry School, and the United Nations School. The Irish Defence Forces are the army, navy and air force of the Republic of Ireland. ... United Nations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

External links and sources

• Official Site - Irish Defences Forces Training Centre
• Summary history of Curragh Camp
• Curragh Historical Articles