{"id":2886,"date":"2016-08-20T09:38:12","date_gmt":"2016-08-20T09:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kildare.ie\/ehistory\/?p=2886"},"modified":"2016-08-20T09:38:12","modified_gmt":"2016-08-20T09:38:12","slug":"excursion-from-the-soldiers-home-curragh-camp-1895","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/excursion-from-the-soldiers-home-curragh-camp-1895\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCURSION FROM THE SOLDIERS’ HOME, CURRAGH CAMP 1895"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leinster Leader<\/em> 6 June 1895<\/strong><\/p>\n

Excursion from the Soldiers\u2019 Home, Curragh Camp<\/strong><\/p>\n

The annual picnic from the Soldiers\u2019 Home, Curragh Camp, took place on Monday last.\u00a0 The weather was ideal and the location as near perfection as possible.\u00a0 The lovely demesne of Harristown, through the kindness of Mr. La Touche, was thrown open to the excursionists, who selected a spot on the Liffey bank well known for its beauty and suitableness.\u00a0 With this splendid position as head quarters a most enjoyable day was spent.\u00a0 Some indulged in games \u2013 Tennis, cricket, swings &c, &c, were provided.\u00a0 Others passes the time in admiring nature as presented all round in such exquisite beauty by making tours throughout the place.\u00a0 Some few seemed to only enjoy each others company, being totally oblivious to anything outside or around, but on all such happy occasions there characters are to be found.\u00a0 We do not mean to write slightingly of them in the least.\u00a0 Why should they not have their pleasures?\u00a0 We require manifold ways of enjoyment so as to incline all, and we think on Monday last the Rev. Mr. Moran\u2019s party was as well catered for in this way as could possibly be.\u00a0 The \u201cCommissariat\u201d was also a complete success.\u00a0 A splendid lunch and later on an enjoyable tea was provided.\u00a0 We should be astonished to find it otherwise with such an experienced general at its head as Mr. Moran.\u00a0 One regret, which many times during the day was expressed, was that it was to be Mr. Moran\u2019s last excursion from the Curragh.\u00a0 For many years Mr. and Mr. Moran have been prominent figures upon the Camp in connection with the Methodist Church and the Soldiers\u2019 Home.\u00a0 In fact, the Soldiers\u2019 Home might be termed a creation of Mr. Moran\u2019s.\u00a0 He has been most indefatigable in raising funds for its erection, and unceasing in his exertions to make the Home attractive, and to benefit in every way those, who by its means came into contact with him.\u00a0 The severing of his connection with it will be greatly felt by Mrs. Moran and him.\u00a0 They were very much beloved and took a great interest in the work and were much blessed in it.\u00a0 On Monday last, Mrs. Bere, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Keatley, Miss Wall, Miss Dods, Lieutenant Bere, Mr. Keatley, Mr. Twist, and a number of others were willing helpers in assisting Mr. and Mrs. Moran, so with such a staff nothing but a successful and enjoyable outing could result.\u00a0 Everyone seemed perfectly satisfied and the look of \u201cenough,\u201d which was upon every face on the way home, was something to remember.\u00a0 Before leaving, on the motion of Lieut. Bere, the hearty thanks of the party was tendered to Mr. La Touche for his great kindness on this as on many other occasions.\u00a0 A special word of praise is due to Corporal Saunders.\u00a0 None was busier than he in looking after the comforts of all while at Harristown as well as on the way there and home.\u00a0 We are sure Mr. and Mrs. Moran will long think of this their last excursion, and will have pleasant memories of what should have been the most successful of the many similar outings which it was their privilege, and we are sure their pleasure to organise while stationed on the Curragh.<\/p>\n

Re-typed by Jennifer O’Connor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Leinster Leader 6 June 1895 Excursion from the Soldiers\u2019 Home, Curragh Camp The annual picnic from the Soldiers\u2019 Home, Curragh Camp, took place on Monday last.\u00a0 The weather was ideal and the location as near perfection as possible.\u00a0 The lovely demesne of Harristown, through the kindness of Mr. La Touche, was thrown open to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspaper-articles"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Kildare Local Studies","author_link":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/author\/localstudies\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2886\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/ehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}