Suncroft

Suncroft
Crochta na Gréine
Town
Old graveyard in Suncroft
Suncroft
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°06′28″N 6°51′40″W / 53.10780°N 6.86120°W / 53.10780; -6.86120Coordinates: 53°06′28″N 6°51′40″W / 53.10780°N 6.86120°W / 53.10780; -6.86120
Country Ireland
Province Leinster
County County Kildare
Population (2011)
 • Urban 735
Time zone UTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference N761071

Suncroft (Irish: Crochta na Gréine) is a village in County Kildare, Ireland, south of The Curragh and east of Kildare Town.

Name

The name Suncroft means “a sun blessed croft”.

Suncroft was named by a priest who was walking in the croft (or field) long ago, the sun was shining so brightly on the field that he decided to name the place Suncroft.[2]

Education

The primary school in the town is Suncroft National School (Irish: Scoil Bhride, Crochta na Gréine).[3]

Population

As of 2006, Suncroft had a population of 607.

Transport

Bus Éireann route 126 serves the village once a day in each direction (not Sundays) providing a link to/from Kildare, Newbridge, Naas and Dublin. The nearest railway stations are Kildare railway station and Newbridge railway station.

Sport

Suncroft A.F.C. is the local football club, and Suncroft GAA is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.cso.ie/census and http://www.histpop.org.
  2. ↑ http://www.suncroftnationalschool.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70:how-did-suncroft-get-its-name&catid=44:suncroft-village&Itemid=26
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-23. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
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