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A replacement clinic (Ireland Army Health Center) opened nearby 21 January 2020. The hospital facility was named in honor of Major General Merritte W. Ireland, a surgeon and U.S. Army Surgeon General from October 30, 1918, to May 31, 1931. The hospital at 289 Ireland Avenue, Fort Knox, Ky was built in 1957.
An early illustration of the hospital taken from Charles Brooking's map of Dublin (1728). The hospital was built as a home for retired soldiers of the Irish Army by Sir William Robinson, Surveyor General for James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, between 1679 and 1687 on what was then a portion of the Phoenix Park.
It was transferred to the authorities of the new Irish Free State in 1922. The hospital was renamed after Saint Bricín of Tomregan, because of his skill as a surgeon in 7th century Ireland. [2] In 2005 consideration was given to making the hospital available for public use to ease pressure on accident and emergency departments. [3]
Previously housing first British Armed Forces and later Irish Army garrisons through three centuries, the barracks were the oldest continuously occupied example in the world. Built in 1702, and further extended in the late 18th century and 19th century, the complex's main buildings are neo-classical in style.
The hospital buildings are now part of the Irish Department of Defence's (An Roinn Cosanta) estate and currently houses Ireland's Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Oifig an Stiúrthóra Ionchúiseamh Poiblí - ODPP). [2] The bulk of the British Army's medical services in Dublin were transferred from the RMI to a new hospital at ...
[2] The West Barracks and military hospital were added to the complex in 1809. [2] The barracks were burnt to the ground by a group of Irish Republican Army irregulars after the British Army left in 1922. [3] The site subsequently became known as "the showgrounds" and is now occupied by Fermoy Rugby Club. [4]
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The barracks opened in 1969 and covers 29 acres (120,000 m 2) of land. The then Taoiseach, Jack Lynch, deployed Irish troops to the border during The Troubles in Northern Ireland. [2] There is evidence that golf was played at Rockhill before the 20th century, long before Letterkenny Golf Club was established in 1913. A steward wrote to his ...