• The Curraghs or Ballaugh Curraghs are a wetland in Ballaugh parish in the north-west of the Isle of Man. The area has a rich and varied biodiversity and...
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    The Curragh (/ˈkʌrə/ KURR-ə; Irish: An Currach [ənˠ ˈkʊɾˠəx]) is a flat open plain of almost 2,000 hectares (5,000 acres) of common land in County Kildare...
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    Curraghs Wildlife Park is a wildlife park in The Curraghs (also known as the Ballaugh Curraghs), an area of wetland in the north-west of the Isle of Man...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • Curragh, St. Mary's, a townland in St. Mary's civil parish, barony of Brawny, County Westmeath, Ireland Curraghs, Isle of Man wetland area Curraghs Wildlife...
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    Biosphere Reserve Designated: Ballaugh Curraghs UK21001 (2006, 193.4 ha). Has the same boundaries as the Ballaugh Curraghs ASSI. Candidate: The Ayres UK21002...
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    designated Ballaugh Curragh as an "Area of Special Scientific Interest". There are three partners involved in the Curragh: Curraghs Wildlife Park, Manx...
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  • The Curragh Racecourse is a flat racecourse in County Kildare, Ireland. The racecourse is home to Ireland’s five most important flat races, known as the...
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  • Curragh (Mechum) is a townland in Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland. The townland is in the civil parish of St. Mary's. The townland stands near the...
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  • The Curragh of Kildare, also known as The Winter it is Past, is a folk song particularly associated with the Irish tradition. Elements of some versions...
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  • The Curragh Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Ireland open to two-year-old thoroughbreds. It is run at the Curragh over a distance of 5 furlongs (1...
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    users. He documented the tradition in his book British Coracles and the Curraghs of Ireland (The Society for Nautical Research, 1938) containing drawings...
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    The Wrens of the Curragh were a community of women in nineteenth-century Ireland who lived outside society on the plains of Kildare, many of whom were...
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  • Kush was a male red panda known for repeatedly escaping his enclosure at Curraghs Wildlife Park, Isle of Man. Kush was born in June 2013 at Highland Wildlife...
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    The Battle of the Curragh (Irish: Cath an Churraigh) was fought on 1 April 1234 on the Curragh plain in County Kildare, Ireland. The adversaries were men...
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    Kirk Christ Lezayre in the Isle of Man. Quarry Bends is the site of the Curraghs Wildlife Park and also the nearby Gob-y-Volley Forestry Plantation and...
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    Ballaugh Curraghs area, there is a population of around 560 red-necked wallabies, descended from a pair that escaped from the nearby Curraghs Wildlife...
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    The Curragh Coal Mine is an open-cut, coal mine located 30 km north of Blackwater in Central Queensland, Australia. The mine has coal reserves amounting...
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  • sometimes known as kush Kush (red panda), a male red panda known for escaping Curraghs Wildlife Park Cushitic languages, a branch of the Afroasiatic language...
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  • Curragh Camp were prominent participants in County Kildare GAA championships, significant in Kildare GAA history. They won the Kildare Senior Hurling...
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    March 2010. "Kildare at the heart of the Irish bloodstock industry". The Curragh Racecourse. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017. Retrieved 29 March...
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  • Down Royal - Her Majesty's Plate upgraded to a Listed Race. European Pattern Committee 2016 - Curragh races upgraded by European Pattern Committee....
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    Here I am stuck in the mud in the middle of Loughs, Turlaghs, Lahaghs and Curraghs, the names of many of which are only known to a few old men in their immediate...
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  • The Voyage of Mael Duin's Curragh is a 1990 novel written by Patricia Aakhus. The novel was Aakhus's first published book, and retells the ancient Irish...
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  • Railway Laxey 0.4 Single Steam 19 1 Laxey & Lonan Heritage Trust Orchid Line Curraghs Wildlife Park, Ballaugh 0.6 Single Steam 3+1⁄2, 5, 7+1⁄4 Manx Steam & Model...
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    post office. A mile east of the village is the Curraghs Wildlife Park, situated in the Ballaugh Curraghs wetland, which is recognised by the Ramsar Convention...
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  • rebels by government forces during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 at the Curragh of Kildare on 29 May 1798. News of the outbreak of the rebellion had prompted...
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  • The Curragh Cup is a Group 2 flat horse race in Ireland open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at the Curragh over a distance of 1...
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    to have been founded by Saint Brigid of Kildare in the 5th century. The Curragh lies east of the town. The town lies on the R445, some 50 kilometres (31 mi)...
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