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Camp followers swell committals to Naas Gaol
Naas · town · Kildare · 1865–1866
A return for 1865 showed 599 committals from the Curragh camp to Naas Gaol, mostly of women (541), attributed largely to camp followers attracted to the Curragh and Newbridge by the presence of the military.
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109. And it was further stated that out of 65 committals from the Curragh camp to the gaol in the month of August last (1866) 60 of them were those of camp followers, i. e., persons attracted to the Curragh and Newbridge by the presence of the military.
110. A. paper was also produced to us purporting to be an estimate of the expenses for the year ending 25 August 1866, of the auxiliary building in Naas Union, solely appropriated to unfortunate women, in which it was represented that a sum of 488 l. had during that year been expended on their account, and that the larger portion of these women came from the Curragh camp.
Internet Archive op1249300-1001, Chapter 9
As the companion tells it
Naas is the town the road takes you through, and its gaol once filled with women sent from the Curragh camp. A return for 1865 showed 599 committals from the camp to Naas Gaol, and 541 of them were women. In August 1866 alone, 60 of 65 committals were camp followers, people drawn to the Curragh and Newbridge by the soldiers stationed there. An auxiliary building in the Naas Union was set aside for these women, and 488 pounds was spent on their account that year.
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Naas Union auxiliary building for 'unfortunate women'
Naas · town · Kildare · 1865–1866
An estimate for the year ending August 1866 showed £488 spent on an auxiliary building in Naas Union solely appropriated to 'unfortunate women', with the larger portion of these women said to have come from the Curragh camp.
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110. A. paper was also produced to us purporting to be an estimate of the expenses for the year ending 25 August 1866, of the auxiliary building in Naas Union, solely appropriated to unfortunate women, in which it was represented that a sum of 488 l. had during that year been expended on their account, and that the larger portion of these women came from the Curragh camp.
111. In contradiction of the statement in regard to the committals to Naas Gaol from the Curragh, the Crown Solicitor for the county of Kildare put in a
Internet Archive op1249300-1001, Chapter 9
As the companion tells it
As you pass through Naas, there was an auxiliary building in the Naas Union workhouse set aside for what the report calls "unfortunate women." An estimate for the year ending August 1866 showed that £488 had been spent on their account, and the larger portion of these women were said to have come from the Curragh camp.
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Establishment of the Curragh military encampment in 1855
near The Curragh · locality · Kildare · 1855
The encampment on the Curragh was established in 1855, with barrack-huts erected there providing accommodation for 10,000 men, later formalised on a ridge running about two miles across the eastern portion of the tract.
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63. In regard to the encampment which was established on the Curragh in the year 1855, we found that accommodation was then provided in the barrackhuts erected there for 10,000 men.
64. It was proposed to us by the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods that, for its future management and user, the Curragh should be divided into three portions, as we have already pointed out.
Internet Archive op1249300-1001, Chapter 6
As the companion tells it
As you pass through the Curragh in Kildare, this is where a military encampment was established in 1855. Barrack-huts were erected here, providing accommodation for 10,000 men. The Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods later proposed dividing the Curragh into three portions for its management and use.
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Ballysax to Athgarvan road crossing rifle ranges
Ballysax · parish · Kildare · 1866
The public road from Ballysax to Athgarvan was shown to pass directly across some of the rifle ranges on the Curragh, prompting proposals for the War Department to divert it to the west, subject to the approval of the county surveyor.
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56. It was shown by the military officers who attended the meeting, including the Commander of the Forces in Ireland, that it is necessary for the War Department to have the absolute control of the road which runs from east to west through the encampment, in order to prevent robberies in the camp, and to exclude prostitutes and other improper persons. The other road from Bailysax to Athgarvan passes directly across some of the rifle ranges.
57 - For these reasons we are clearly of opinion that the road passing through the camp from east to west, and which was originally a green track, and rarely used until it was metalled by the War Department, ought to be stopped as a public way, and placed under the control of the military; but we are not prepared to recommend the substitution of a new road for it to the north of the portion numbered 1, as we have no evidence of its necessity.
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Court of Chancery orders restraining trespass on the Curragh
near The Curragh · locality · Kildare · 1862–1863
In 1862 and 1863 the Court of Chancery in Ireland issued orders restraining Paul Moran, John Collis, and James Pooling from trespassing and committing waste on the Curragh, and restraining Michael Greany from collecting sheep droppings there.
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17- Office copies of orders of the Court of Chancery in Ireland in the years 1862 and 1863, restraining severally Paul Moran, John Collis, and James Pooling. from trespassing and committing waste and spoil on the Curragh, and restraining Michael Greany from collecting or removing the droppings of sheep or other dung or manure being on the Curragh ;
18. Office copy of proceedings in the Court of Queen’s Bench in Ireland in the years 1856 and 1857, in the cause of the Attorney General v. Dunne, by which a prohibition directed to the magistrates therein named, prohibiting them from further enforcing a conviction of the said John Dunne for unlawfully trespassing on the Curragh, was discharged ;
Internet Archive op1249300-1001, Chapter 2
As the companion tells it
Up ahead you pass through the Curragh in Kildare. In 1862 and 1863 the Court of Chancery in Ireland issued orders restraining three men, Paul Moran, John Collis, and James Pooling, from trespassing and committing waste and spoil on this plain. A further order restrained Michael Greany from collecting or removing the droppings of sheep or other dung or manure being on the Curragh. The records also note proceedings in the Court of Queen's Bench in 1856 and 1857, in the cause of the Attorney General against Dunne, by which a prohibition directed to magistrates from enforcing a conviction of John Dunne for unlawfully trespassing on the Curragh was discharged.
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Crown Solicitor disputes committal figures from the Curragh
Naas · town · Kildare · 1866
The Crown Solicitor for County Kildare countered claims about Naas Gaol committals, showing that in the disputed month only 39 committals came from the Curragh compared to 68 from all other districts of the county, with only one being a soldier.
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return which represents that in the month of August referred to, the committals to the county gaol were as follows : “From the Curragh 39, and from all the other districts of the county 68.” He also informed us that out of the 39 committals from the Curragh, one only was that of a soldier.
112. It was shown to us that the annual sum of 100 1. is already granted by Government in aid of the expenses of the Naas Union, in consequence of the presence of the camp.
Internet Archive op1249300-1001, Chapter 9
As the companion tells it
As you pass through Naas, this is the county town where the Crown Solicitor for Kildare once challenged claims about who was filling the local gaol. In August 1866, he showed that committals from the Curragh numbered 39, while all other districts of the county accounted for 68. Of those 39 from the Curragh, only one was a soldier. The government was already granting 100 pounds a year to the Naas Union because of the camp's presence.
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Newbridge petty sessions and Curragh trespass cases
Droichead Nua (Newbridge) · town · Kildare · 1860–1866
From 1860, trespass cases on the Curragh were dealt with at the newly instituted petty sessions at Newbridge, but magistrates refused to adjudicate whenever a defendant raised a question of right.
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convictions ensued, wilh the infliction of fine or imprisonment. This state of things continued till the institution of petty sessions, at Newbridge in the year 1860. From that period the magistrates refused to adjudicate on these trespasses whenever the defendant raised a question of right, which frequently occurred. 1 •’
101 . The Commissioners of Woods were thenceforth constrained to have recourse to petitions in suits in Chancery for punishment of offenders and this mode of punishment is still pursued, entailing trouble and expense wholly disproportioned to the amount of damage which occasioned the proceedings.
Internet Archive op1249300-1001, Chapter 9
As the companion tells it
Up ahead is Newbridge in Kildare. From 1860, trespass cases on the Curragh were heard at the petty sessions here. But whenever a defendant raised a question of right, which happened often, the magistrates refused to adjudicate. Before these sessions began, convictions had come with fines or imprisonment.
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Attorney General v. Dunne – trespass conviction discharged
near The Curragh · locality · Kildare · 1856–1857
In 1856 and 1857 proceedings before the Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland, a prohibition was issued discharging a conviction of John Dunne for unlawfully trespassing on the Curragh.
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18. Office copy of proceedings in the Court of Queen’s Bench in Ireland in the years 1856 and 1857, in the cause of the Attorney General v. Dunne, by which a prohibition directed to the magistrates therein named, prohibiting them from further enforcing a conviction of the said John Dunne for unlawfully trespassing on the Curragh, was discharged ;
19. Office copy of proceedings in the Court of Exchequer in Ireland in the year 1833, in the cause of the Attorney General v. Kelly, in which the defendants were found guilty of unlawfully withholding possession of a stable on the Curragh belonging to the Crown ;
Internet Archive op1249300-1001, Chapter 2
As the companion tells it
As you travel through the Curragh, this open stretch was the subject of legal battles over who had the right to be on it. In 1856 and 1857 the Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland discharged a conviction of John Dunne for unlawfully trespassing on the Curragh. A prohibition directed to the magistrates, stopping them from enforcing that conviction, was itself discharged. Back in 1833, in the same courts, a defendant named Kelly was found guilty of unlawfully withholding possession of a stable on the Curragh that belonged to the Crown.
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Description of the Curragh's location and extent
near The Curragh · locality · Kildare · 1866
The Curragh is described as situated in the parishes of Tully and Ballysax, barony of East Offaly, comprising about 4,885 acres according to the Ordnance survey. It lies about 25 miles south-west of Dublin and two and a half miles from Newbridge, which contains cavalry barracks.
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5. We may here state that the Curragh, which is situate in the parishes of Tully and Ballysax, and in the barony of East Offaly, contains, according to the recent Ordnance survey, about 4,885 acres. It lies about 25 miles south -west of the city of Dublin, and about two and a half miles distant from the town of Newbridge, which contains cavalry barracks. The Great Southern and Western Railway passes through the north-western portion of the tract.
6. In the Bill recently before Parliament, the Curragh was proposed to be divided into the eastern and western divisions, but no visible line of boundary exists between these divisions.
Internet Archive op1249300-1001, Chapter 2
As the companion tells it
The Curragh stretches through the parishes of Tully and Ballysax, in the barony of East Offaly, about 25 miles south-west of Dublin. A commission in 1866 recorded it as roughly 4,885 acres by the Ordnance Survey, with the Great Southern and Western Railway passing through its north-western portion. The town of Newbridge, about two and a half miles away, holds cavalry barracks, and Parliament had lately proposed splitting the Curragh into eastern and western divisions, though no visible boundary marks the two.
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Newbridge cavalry barracks noted near the Curragh
Droichead Nua (Newbridge) · town · Kildare · 1866
Newbridge is identified as a town about two and a half miles from the Curragh, notable for containing cavalry barracks, with the Great Southern and Western Railway passing through the north-western portion of the tract.
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5. We may here state that the Curragh, which is situate in the parishes of Tully and Ballysax, and in the barony of East Offaly, contains, according to the recent Ordnance survey, about 4,885 acres. It lies about 25 miles south -west of the city of Dublin, and about two and a half miles distant from the town of Newbridge, which contains cavalry barracks. The Great Southern and Western Railway passes through the north-western portion of the tract.
6. In the Bill recently before Parliament, the Curragh was proposed to be divided into the eastern and western divisions, but no visible line of boundary exists between these divisions.
Internet Archive op1249300-1001, Chapter 2
As the companion tells it
As you pass through Newbridge, this town sits about two and a half miles from the Curragh, that great open plain of nearly 4,885 acres in the parishes of Tully and Ballysax. Newbridge was known for its cavalry barracks, which served the military presence on the plain. The Great Southern and Western Railway ran through the north-western portion of the Curragh, linking this part of Kildare to Dublin, about 25 miles to the north-east.
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Public road between Ballysax and Athgarvan to be diverted
near Athgarvan · townland · Kildare
The Commission recommended enabling the Crown to divert the public road leading from Ballysax to Athgarvan across the Curragh in connection with rifle practice grounds.
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the portion of the Curragh numbered 2, with the power of erecting- butts and other uecessarry works for that purpose, and with power also to divert the public road leading from Baliysax to Athgarvan. *
125. To enable the Crown to enjoy the paramount right of usin« the whole of the Curragh numbered 1, 2, and 3, for the drills, exercise, instruction, recreation and temporary encampment of the troops, with power to dig- gravel on the Curragh and to drain it.
Internet Archive op1249300-1001, Chapter 10
As the companion tells it
Somewhere around here, a Commission of the Treasury looked at the Curragh of Kildare and recommended giving the Crown power to divert the public road leading from Ballysax to Athgarvan. This was tied to a plan for erecting rifle butts and other necessary works for rifle practice on portion 2 of the Curragh. The same report sought to let troops use all three numbered portions of the Curragh for drills, exercise, instruction, recreation and temporary encampment.
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