16/5/2022. Anniversary of the Hand-Over of the Curragh Camp 16th of May 1922. At 12noon today, a 100years since the Hand-Over of the Curragh Army Camp to the Irish Free State Army by the British Crown Forces, the General Officer Commanding the Irish Defence Forces, Curragh Training Camp, in County Kildare, Brigadier General Brendan McGuinness facing camera, raises the Irish Tricolour flag on top of the WaterTower, at the same spot it was raised by Lieut General Ginger O'Connell, 100 years ago today. Photo: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie