Suncroft
Suncroft
Crochta na Gréine | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Old graveyard in Suncroft | |
  Suncroft Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°06′28″N 6°51′40″W / 53.10780°N 6.86120°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Kildare |
| Population (2016)[1] | 746 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | N761071 |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 571 | — |
| 1986 | 513 | −10.2% |
| 1991 | 520 | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 490 | −5.8% |
| 2002 | 498 | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 607 | +21.9% |
| 2011 | 735 | +21.1% |
| 2016 | 746 | +1.5% |
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Suncroft (Irish: Crochta na Gréine)[3] is a village in County Kildare, Ireland, south of The Curragh and east of Kildare Town. As of 2016, Suncroft had a population of 746.[1]
Name
[edit]The name Suncroft means "a sun blessed croft". According to local folklore, Suncroft was named by a priest who was walking in the croft (or field), and the sun was shining so brightly on the field that he decided to name the place Suncroft.[4]
Education
[edit]The primary school in the town is Suncroft National School (in Irish Scoil Bhride, Crochta na Gréine).[5]
Transport
[edit]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
[edit]Suncroft A.F.C. is the local football club, and Suncroft GAA is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Suncroft". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ^ cso.ie/census and histpop.org
- ^ "Crochta na Gréine / Suncroft". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ^ "How Did Suncroft Get its Name?". suncroftnationalschool.ie. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012.
- ^ "Suncroft National School". suncroftnationalschool.ie. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
