Kickham Barracks

Kickham Barracks
Clonmel

Kickham Barracks
Kickham Barracks
Location within Ireland
Coordinates 52°21′18″N 7°41′38″W / 52.3550°N 7.6939°W / 52.3550; -7.6939Coordinates: 52°21′18″N 7°41′38″W / 52.3550°N 7.6939°W / 52.3550; -7.6939
Type Barracks
Site information
Operator Republic of Ireland Irish Army
Site history
Built 1837
Built for War Office
In use 1837-2012
Garrison information
Occupants Royal Irish Regiment

Kickham Barracks was a military installation in Clonmel, Ireland.

History

The barracks were built 1805 and given the name Victoria Barracks in honour of Queen Victoria in 1837.[1] They became the depot of the Royal Irish Regiment in 1882.[1]

The Royal Irish Regiment was disbanded at the time of Irish Independence in 1922.[2] The barracks were temporarily secured by the Irish Republican Army in 1922 but then handed over to the forces of the Irish Free State.[1] They were then renamed Kickham Barracks after Charles Kickham, the Irish Poet.[1] After a period of disuse, they were rebuilt as a base for the Irish Army between 1942 and 1945 and they then remained in use, latterly as the home of the 12th Infantry Battalion, until they closed in March 2012.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "The Kickham Army Barracks Development Proposal" (PDF). University College Cork. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  2. Murphy, David (2007). Irish Regiments in the World Wars, quote: "Following the treaty that established the independent Irish Free State in 1922, it was decided to disband the regiments that had their traditional recruiting grounds in southern Ireland: The Royal Irish Regiment; The Connaught Rangers; The Prince of Wales' Leinster Regiment; The Royal Munster Fusiliers; The Royal Dublin Fusiliers; The South Irish Horse". Osprey Publishing. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-84603-015-4.
  3. "Final parade sees the closure of Clonmel’s Kickham Barracks". 26 March 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
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