Travellers on Curragh again

JVince · 19-06-2025 08:39AM #1

Was driving along this morning and see a very large group of travellers caravans and motor homes have set up literally on the edge of cill dara golf club.

Last week, a traveller in newbridge was complaining the most of the pubs closed on the day of a traveller's funeral and she was up in arm about it.

My guess the silence will be deafening on the utter destruction these types cause to the Curragh.

And they wonder why people utterly despise them?

tabby aspreme · 19-06-2025 09:20AM

There's been encampments there for the last few months on different parts of the Curragh, one of the gallops that horse trainers use had to be closed recently as dog's were chasing the horses, politicians will complain about how much it costs to clean up the mess that's left behind, instead of improving legislation to prevent it happening

Homer · 19-06-2025 09:21AM

thread probably won’t last long.. boards has an awful horn for defending our nomadic friends

Fr Tod Umptious · 19-06-2025 09:26AM

Thanks for enlightening me.

Just went through the Curragh on train a few minutes ago and was wondering what the deal with all the campervans etc each side of the tracks were.

Reminded me of the Galaxy races, and even though the Derby is coming up I knew our nomadic friends were not into that the way they are into the crack in Ballybrit.

JVince · 19-06-2025 09:27AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123559470#Comment_123559470

This current one is about 200m from where that one was.

Travellers were very quick and very vocal in their comments about pubs closing including the sinn fein local councillor. But they stay steadfastly quiet about these frequent encampments on the curragh.

JVince · 19-06-2025 09:34AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123559471#Comment_123559471

Hence you have to be VERY VERY careful to be factual incase the boards "holier than thou" police get involved.

FACT - Travellers were on radio and in local papers complaining that pubs closed on the day of a funeral of a traveller

FACT - Local sinn fein councilor rowed in behind these complaints

FACT - They become totally silent when travellers destroy and leave mounds of rubbish and human excrement on the curragh

techman1 · 19-06-2025 09:51AM

YYears ago before they qualified for social welfare you never saw them camping in huge encampments like that, they tended to stop in smaller groups, 2 or 3 caravans was normal. Why do they need to gather in such large encampments now causing huge nuisance. I'm sure a few caravans would not cause the same problems for others. The one positive is that at least it's during summer time, if it was in winter they would have the whole place turned to mud

JVince · 19-06-2025 05:37PM

Btw, this is not just a few - this is probably the largest gathering of travellers in the curragh ever.

Drove by this afternoon, they've a "big top" erected, there are circa 200 caravans and campers.

Dozens of vans, many with ladders attached.

So for anyone in the wider area, lock up sheds, do not engage in cold callers saying your roof needs work, do not succumb to the "bit of tarmac left".

If past form is anything to go by, they will do their level best to scam people.