Park
The Curragh
Newbridge, County Kildare
Two thousand hectares of unfenced grass between Newbridge and Kildare town, grazed by sheep and worked every morning by racehorses.
- Where
- Newbridge, County Kildare
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
Nearby
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Irish National Stud and Japanese GardensTully is still a working thoroughbred farm, and the Japanese gardens beside it were laid out between 1906 and 1910.
St Brigid's Cathedral and Round TowerThe 13th century cathedral stands on the town square, and the round tower beside it is open to climb for the view out over the plain.
Kildare townKildare town sits on the edge of the Curragh, with the round tower standing over the square and the stud out on its edge.
Old Kilcullen Round TowerOn the hill above Kilcullen, inside an old graveyard, the stump of a round tower and two high cross shafts.On nearby
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