Straffan (Ireland)

Straffan (Irish: Teach Srafáin) is a village in County Kildare, Ireland. It is situated on the banks of the River Liffey, 25 km upstream of the Irish capital Dublin. As of the 2022 census, the village had a population of 1,158, an over three-fold increase (from 332) since the 2002 census. Straffan is the name of the surrounding electoral division which is within the 'Celbridge Number 1 Rural Area', and which (as of 2006) had a population of 1,449. At one time a separate parish, it is today joined to the parishes of Celbridge (in the Roman Catholic structure) and Celbridge and Newcastle (Church of Ireland), in the respective Dublin dioceses. Straffan is home to the K Club, formally the Kildare Hotel and Golf Club, and its two championship golf courses. These courses have staged several international tournaments, including the European Open (hosted annually there between 1995 and 2007) and the Ryder Cup tournament (held at the K Club in 2006).