Straffan Hotels & Information

Straffan is a village in County Kildare, Ireland situated on the banks of the River Liffey, 25 km upstream of the Irish capital Dublin. With a population, according to the census of 2006, of 439 - an increase since 2002 of 32.2% - Straffan is the 31st most populous centre in County Kildare.

Straffan is situated at a particularly low lying point in the Liffey valley and is surrounded by flood meadows along the Liffey and River Morell. Agriculture is important to the local economy. Since the 1700s Straffan farmers have been prominent improving agriculturalists and prominent in the prize lists at events run by the Royal Dublin Society. The research station for the Agriculture department of University College Dublin is situated at nearby Lyons Hill. As with the rest of County Kildare, racehorse breeding and training is a prominent local activity. In the 1920s Straffan Station stud was the leading horse breeding stud in the country when owned by Edward 'Cub' Kennedy.

Straffan is also an electoral division within Celbridge Number 1 rural area. At one time a separate parish, it is joined to the parish of Celbridge and Celbridge and Newcastle in the Diocese of Dublin.

Straffan is home to the Kildare Country Club, commonly known as the K Club, and its two championship courses which have staged major international events such as the European Open (annually since 1995), and the Ryder Cup tournament between Europe and the USA in 2006.

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