Annacurra is a small village in South-East County Wicklow

County Wicklow

County Wicklow is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Wicklow, which derives from the Old Norse name Víkingalág or Wykynlo. Wicklow County Council is the local authority for the county...

, Ireland. It is located just off the R747 road which runs from Arklow

Arklow

Arklow , also known as Inbhear Dé from the Avonmore river's older name Abhainn Dé, is a historic town located in County Wicklow on the east coast of Ireland. Founded by the Vikings in the ninth century, Arklow was the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the 1798 rebellion...

 to Baltinglass

Baltinglass

Baltinglass or Baltinglas is a town in south-west County Wicklow, Ireland. It is situated on the River Slaney near the border with County Carlow and County Kildare, on the N81 road. Its Irish name means "the way of Conglas", Conglas being a member of the mythological warrior collective, the Fianna...

 and is about 1.5 miles from Aughrim

Aughrim, County Wicklow

Aughrim is a small town in County Wicklow, Ireland. It lies in a scenic valley in the east of Ireland where the Ow and Derry rivers meet to form the Aughrim river...

. The River Derry runs through the village.

Sport

The village has a GAA

Gaelic Athletic Association

The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...

 club and have been very successful in the early days of the GAA. The club won the first three Senior championships between 1887–89 and went on to win the championship a total of nine times. Currently the club are a senior team having ended years of heartbreak by winning the intermediate championship in 2010 . The club play their home games at Joey Doyle Park and their colours are green and yellow. Clubman Alan Byrne is currently a star of Mick O'Dwyer

Mick O'Dwyer

Mick O'Dwyer , is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player. He played Gaelic football with his local club Waterville and was a member of the Kerry senior team from 1956 until 1974...

's Wicklow senior football team and lines out at corner back.

Links

Annacurra Parish

Annacurra GAA

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland