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 a plaque to commemorate the event being unveiled by General Officer Commanding the Irish Defence Forces, Curragh Training Camp, in County Kildare, Brigadier General Brendan McGuinness Photo: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie