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The Irish government closed Keogh Barracks down in 1922. [2] The building came into possession of the Dublin Corporation and was used to house Dublin families who were on the housing list; they built Keogh Square, which was demolished in 1970, and this was replaced by St. Michaels Estate there. [2]
These institutions vary in their scope and focus, with some museums dedicated to a specific national or regional context and chronicling the military history of a particular country or region, while other museums may concentrate on a particular conflict, era, service, technology (like an artillery museum), or unit (like a regimental museum).
Palace Barracks became the Regimental Headquarters of the Royal Irish Regiment in 2008. [4] In March 2010, it was the site of a bombing. [5] An elderly man was blown off his feet and had to be treated in hospital. The bomb was allegedly driven towards the base in a hijacked taxi. [6] The Real IRA claimed responsibility for the attack. [7]
The Royal Norfolk Regimental Museum is based in Norwich Castle [56] The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Museum (Royal Warwickshire) is based at St John's House in Warwick [57] The Royal Signals Museum is based at Blandford Camp in Dorset [58] The Royal Sussex Regiment Museum and that of the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars is based at Eastbourne Redoubt ...
During the Irish Civil War the barracks were seized by the anti-treaty forces; however in the ensuing battle there were many direct hits from gunfire. [4] By the end of the Irish Civil War the infantry barracks were in a very dilapidated state [5] and the artillery barracks had been largely destroyed when a direct hit exploded in the magazine. [4]
In light of the news that Queen Margrethe will abdicate for her son, Prince Frederik, we're taking a look back at Denmark's royal family over the years, with sweet snaps of the matriarch, Queen ...
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Colours of the Royal Irish Regiment (1848) The regiment was formed in 1684 by the Earl of Granard from independent companies in Ireland. [3] As Hamilton's Foot, it served in Flanders during the Nine Years War and at Namur on 31 August 1695, took part in the capture of the Terra Nova earthwork, later commemorated in the song 'The British Grenadiers.' [4] In recognition, of this, William III ...