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On 17 May 1922 Irish troops took possession of the Barracks, and it became the National Army's Headquarters under General Michael Collins. [ 6 ] In 1952 it was renamed for Cathal Brugha , who was a leader during the 1916 rising, Minister for Defence in the First Dáil , and who lived locally for a time.
The barracks reverted to use as depot of the Royal Ulster Rifles after the War and became the regional centre for infantry training as the North Irish Brigade Depôt in 1964. [3] The barracks went on to be the home of the Royal Irish Rangers when it was formed in 1968 and of the Royal Irish Regiment when it was formed in 1992. [4]
The plans were prepared by the Royal Engineers' Department, under the direction of architect Major Robert Barklie RE, Larne, County Antrim. [8] An imposing and extravagant cavalry barracks, the style of the Officers' Mess is a mixture between Elizabethan and Queen Anne, and the general appearance of its red brick and red roof tiles, with "traceried windows, floriated pinnacles, parapets and ...
In 2009, FSN North rebranded as Fox Sports North as part of a network-wide rebranding of the Fox Sports regional networks. Former logo as Bally Sports North, used from 2021 to 2024. On December 14, 2017, as part of a merger between both companies, The Walt Disney Company announced plans to acquire all 22 regional Fox Sports networks from 21st ...
Collins Barracks (Irish: Dún Uí Choileáin) [1] is a military barracks on the Old Youghal Road on the north side of Cork in Ireland.Originally serving as a British military barracks from the early 19th century, it was handed-over to the Irish military following the Irish War of Independence, and remains the headquarters of the 1st Brigade of the Irish Army. [2]
War Stories is a military history program on Fox News, hosted by Oliver North, a decorated Marine Corps officer, Vietnam war veteran, and key participant of the Iran–Contra affair. The program covered a number of different stories relating to war and national defense, featuring individuals who were directly involved with the topic covered in ...
Rockhill House is a 30-room period building originally built as a manor house in the 17th century for the gentry. Captain Thomas Chambers is the earliest recorded occupier of the house in 1660. The present structure dates from 1824 and is a listed building. Rockhill House was occupied by The Irregulars during the Irish Civil War. They were ...
Beaufort's Dyke, showing the position of the munitions dump, from an Admiralty chart published in 1947. Depth in fathoms. Because of its depth and its proximity to the Cairnryan military port, Beaufort's Dyke became the United Kingdom's largest offshore dump site for surplus conventional and chemical munitions after the Second World War: it had been used for the purpose since the early 20th ...