Nearby Places to Visit
Curragh Race Course
The County Kildare venue hosts some of the most famous races in the world including the Irish Guineas Festival, Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby, Darley Irish Oaks and Gain Horse Feeds Irish St Leger.
Curragh Army Camp and Museum
This museum located within the army camp displays artifacts highlighting the role played by the Irish Army as modern day peacekeepers in European and African locations, and it’s change from horse drawn calvary to modern motorised light and heavy armour. Lots to see! www.curragh.info/museum.htm
Pollardstown Fen
Pollardstown Fen is an alkaline marsh situated on the northern margin of the Curragh, approximately 3km north-west of Newbridge Town, Co. Kildare. It is a spring-fed, post-glacial fen occupying an area of 220ha (550 acres). The origins of the fen can be traced back to the end of the last Ice Age, approximately 12,000 years ago. Because of the rarity of the habitat and the number of rare plant and animal species, the site is rated as of international importance.
Dunmurry Springs Golf Club
Dunmurry Springs golf club in Kildare is a great option for anyone looking for a championship golf course near Dublin. In golf, all the great golf courses offer a challenge that the golf community ‘must play’. Golf courses in Ireland include links golf courses, parkland golf courses, resort golf courses or beautiful ‘hidden gems’. More…
Cill Dara Golf Club
Quality golf, affordable pricing and genuine hospitality is what Cill Dara Golf Club is all about. Be guaranteed this, in one golfing experience. A golfer’s visit to Kildare is not complete until playing Cill Dara. More…
Donnelly’s Hollow
The site of the true story of Ireland’s famous bare knuckle fighter, this natural amphitheatre saw the great contest between Dan Donnelly and the British champion, a fight that started a myth that continous until this day! See Dan’s footprints where the grass has not grown since that day!
Father Moore’s Well
Father Moore’s Well is one of the best known holy wells in Co. Kildare and has enjoyed a huge attendance of pilgrims for over the past hundred years.
The Curragh Plains
Tradition has it that the great plain was handed over to St. Brigid of Kildare in the year 480 AD. The Curragh is closely related to many neighbouring historical sites. To the south is Dun Ailainne, a national monument dating back to 300 BC and the seat of the Kings of Leinster. To the north, is the Hill of Allen where, it is claimed, Fionn Mac Cumhaill and the Fianna assembled. The Curragh has been the scene of horse racing for hundreds of years and golf was first played on the Curragh in 1852.
The Hill of Allen
Visit Nurney Lakes for a family day out with a difference. Get close to nature and fish2experience the wonderful surroundings of County Kildare countryside. Enjoy the fresh air and open spaces. Set in a working farm Nurney Lakes are stocked with beautiful Rainbow Trout and our Farm Park offers an opportunity to see our farm animals up close and you can also observe many species of bird (including the wonderful sand martins which featured on the Derek Mooney show in recent years) Kids can enjoy a farm play area with a difference and dig in real quarry sand or in the special sand box for the younger folk.
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