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curragh Ireland and Isle of Man.|ˈkʌrəx, ˈkʌrə|
[Ir. corrach marsh, Manx curragh moor, bog, fen.]
Marshy waste ground; spec. the proper name of the level stretch of open ground in Co. Kildare, famous for its racecourse and military camp.
1664in Lex Scripta Isle of Man (1819) 144 Digg and take away Timber in and out of the Curraughes on the North Side. 1894Hall Caine Manxman vi. i, The bog-bane to the rushy curragh, say I, Nancy. 1908― in M.A.P. XX. 362 A widower living alone in some little mud cottage on the curragh. |