Renmore Barracks

Renmore Barracks
Dún Uí Mhaoilíosa
Renmore, Galway

Renmore Barracks
Renmore Barracks
Location within Ireland
Coordinates 53°16′22″N 9°01′55″W / 53.27284°N 9.03191°W / 53.27284; -9.03191Coordinates: 53°16′22″N 9°01′55″W / 53.27284°N 9.03191°W / 53.27284; -9.03191
Type Barracks
Site information
Operator Republic of Ireland Irish Army
Site history
Built 1889
Built for War Office
In use 1889-Present
Garrison information
Occupants 1st Infantry Battalion, Irish Army

Renmore Barracks (Irish: Dún Uí Mhaoilíosa) is a military installation in Renmore, Ireland

History

The barracks were built by Colleran Brothers, a Dublin-based contractor, and completed in 1881.[1] Their creation took place as part of the Cardwell Reforms which encouraged the localisation of British military forces.[2] The barracks became the depot for the 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot and the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers).[3] Following the Childers Reforms, the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers) and 94th Regiment of Foot amalgamated to form the Connaught Rangers with its depot in the barracks in 1881.[3]

The Connaught Rangers was disbanded at the time of Irish Independence in 1922.[4] The barracks were taken over by the Irish Army at that time and then renamed Dún Uí Mhaoilíosa after Liam Mellows, an Irish Republican, in 1952.[5] The barracks are now home to the 1st Infantry Battalion.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "History of Renmore Barracks". Renmore history. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Echoes of the past in these Army cuts". 8 July 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Training Depots". Regiments.org. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. 1 2 "Dún Uí Mhaoilíosa Museum". Retrieved 17 November 2014.
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