page_title: Curragh Racecourse
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Curragh Racecourse / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Title: The Curragh race course, County Kildare Ireland Physical description: 1 print. Notes: This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card.; Associated name on shelflist card: Rau, J.; "Copyright Deposit, Southern District of N.Y.: 1867."
context_page_description: The Curragh Racecourse -- usually referred to as simply the Curragh -- is one of Ireland's most important Thoroughbred racecourses. It is situated on the Curragh plain in County Kildare, between the towns of Newbridge and Kildare.
context_section_description: The name "Curragh" comes from the Irish language word Cuirreach, meaning "place of the running horse". The first recorded race on the plain took place in 1727, but it was used for races before then. The first Derby was held in 1866, and in 1868 the Curragh was officially declared a horse racing and training facility by act of parliament.
caption: "The Curragh race course", a 19th century print
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