Curraha
hamlet in County Meath
Curraha, also written Curragha (Irish: Currach Átha, meaning 'the ford/crossing at the marshy/boggy area'), is a small village in County Meath, Ireland. It is located 4.5 km (2.8 mi) from Ashbourne and 4 km (2.5 mi) from Ratoath, on the R155 road between Ratoath and its junction with the N2. The built-up area is mainly within Crickstown townland.
The area of Curraha stretches from the road towards Ratoath with the border not far from Ratoath Rugby pitch down to past Kilmoon Cross. It also stretches from Greenpark Bridge over to the N2 (along the 'Bog of Curraha').
The theme park Emerald Park is also located in Curraha.
Bus service
Bus Éireann route 103 comes through the village four times daily (including Sundays) in each direction on its way to/from Emerald Park. In the other direction route 103 continues to Dublin via Ratoath and Ashbourne.
Facilities
The local national (primary) school, St Andrew's National School Curraha, first opened in 1952. Curraha also has one church (St Andrew's Church, built in 1904), four cemeteries (Curraha, Crickstown, Kilbrew and Kilmoon), three local shops, two public houses (Swan's Bar & Lounge, The Snail Box Bar & Restaurant), a GAA Club (hurling & football) located at Joe McDermott Park, a tennis club (located at Curraha Church car-park) and other clubs and organisations such as Curraha ICA. The Largo Foods/Perri/Tayto factory is located in Curraha on the Kilbrew Road.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Curraha” as hamlet in County Meath. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as hamlet in County Meath. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5194939. Authority coordinates are 53.539, -6.443. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1952 and 1904.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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