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Curragh is a plain in the Irish county of Kildare. The name "Curragh" comes from the Irish (Gaeilge) word Cuirreach, meaning "racecourse," and the plain is famous for its annual horse races[1]. This connotation links to "horsey" earlier in this paragraph.
See also Wikipedia's entries for Curragh[2]; the folk song "The Curragh of Kildare"[3]; and the Curragh Incident[4].