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Suncroft

County Kildare, Ireland

Field	Value
name	Suncroft
native_name	Crochta na Gréine
native_name_lang	ga
settlement_type	Village
image_skyline	Suncroft-cemetery.jpg
image_caption	Old graveyard in Suncroft
pushpin_map	Ireland
pushpin_label_position	right
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Ireland
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Ireland
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Leinster
subdivision_type3	County
subdivision_name3	County Kildare
unit_pref	Metric
population_as_of	2022
population_footnotes
population_total	491
population_density_km2	auto
timezone1	WET
utc_offset1	+0
timezone1_DST	IST (WEST)
utc_offset1_DST	-1
coordinates
blank_name	Irish Grid Reference
blank_info

|1981|571 |1986|513 |1991|520 |1996|490 |2002|498 |2006|607 |2011|735 |2016|746 |2022|491

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.

Education

The primary school in the town is Suncroft National School (in Irish Scoil Bhride, Crochta na Gréine).

Transport

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

Suncroft A.F.C. is the local football club, and Suncroft GAA is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club.

References

"Census Interactive Map – Towns: Suncroft". [[Central Statistics Office (Ireland).
(2016). "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Suncroft". Central Statistics Office.
[http://www.cso.ie/census cso.ie/census] and [http://www.histpop.org histpop.org]
"Crochta na Gréine / Suncroft". Irish Placenames Commission.
"How Did Suncroft Get its Name?".
"Suncroft National School".

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