Where is the main training base and college for the land based Irish Army?
Curragh Camp The Curragh Camp (Irish: "Campa an Churraigh" ) is an army base and military college located in The Curragh, County Kildare, Ireland. It is the main training centre for the Irish Army and is home to 2,000 military personnel.
Connaught Rangers The Connaught Rangers ("The Devil's Own") was an Irish line infantry regiment of the British Army formed by the amalgamation of the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers) (which formed the "1st Battalion") and the 94th Regiment of Foot (which formed the "2nd Battalion") in July 1881. Between the time of its formation and Irish independence, it was one of eight Irish regiments raised largely in Ireland, its home depot in Galway. It was disbanded with the Partition of Ireland following establishment of the independent Irish Free State in 1922, along with the other five regiments that had their traditional recruiting grounds in the counties of the new state.