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, a ceremony took place at what is now the Irish Defence Forces Training Camp at the Curragh. Photo shows the General Officer Commanding the Irish Defence Forces, Curragh Training Camp, in County Kildare, Brigadier General Brendan McGuinness speaking at the event. Photo: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie