Suncroft
Sign in to saveSuncroft () is a village in County Kildare, Ireland, south of The Curragh and east of Kildare Town. As of the 2022 census, Suncroft had a population of 491.
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Place details
- Region
- Leinster
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 746
- Timezone
- Europe/Dublin
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Suncroft
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ga
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Suncroft-cemetery.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Old graveyard in Suncroft
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ireland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Leinster
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- County Kildare
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
- Settlement.population_total
- 491
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Kildare
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Suncroft-cemetery.jpg
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- Irish Grid Reference
- N761071
- Commons category
- Suncroft
- historic county
- County Kildare
- native label
- Crochta na Gréine
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Suncroft () is a village in County Kildare, Ireland, south of The Curragh and east of Kildare Town. As of the 2022 census, Suncroft had a population of 491.
==Name== 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Suncroft” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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