McKee Barracks
| McKee Barracks | |
|---|---|
| Dublin, Ireland | |
|
Defence Forces Chief of Staff, Lt Gen Dermot Earley meets UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon at McKee Barracks | |
  McKee Barracks Location within Ireland | |
| Coordinates | 53°21′22″N 6°17′59″W / 53.35614°N 6.29961°WCoordinates: 53°21′22″N 6°17′59″W / 53.35614°N 6.29961°W |
| Type | Barracks |
| Site information | |
| Operator |
 Irish Army |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1888 |
| Built for | War Office |
| In use | 1888-Present |
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McKee Barracks is a military installation near Phoenix Park in Dublin in Ireland.
History
The barracks, originally named Marlborough Barracks after John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough and built as a cavalry barracks to house 862 military horses, were completed in 1888.[1] Following the Anglo-Irish Treaty the barracks were handed over to the forces of the Irish Free State in 1922 and renamed McKee Barracks after Dick McKee, the Irish Republican leader, in 1926.[1] They are now an administrative centre where various Directors of Corps are based as well as the location of the Army Equitation School.[2]
References
- 1 2 "McKee Barracks". Dublin City Public Libraries. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
- ↑ "Contact us". Department of Defence. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
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