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McKee Barracks
Dublin, Ireland
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Defence Forces Chief of Staff, Lt Gen Dermot Earley meets UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon at McKee Barracks
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McKee Barracks
Location within Ireland
Coordinates 53°21′22″N 6°17′59″W / 53.35614°N 6.29961°W / 53.35614; -6.29961Coordinates: 53°21′22″N 6°17′59″W / 53.35614°N 6.29961°W / 53.35614; -6.29961
Type Barracks
Site information
Operator Republic of Ireland Irish Army
Site history
Built 1888
Built for War Office
In use 1888-Present

McKee Barracks is a military installation near to 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. 1.0 1.1 "McKee Barracks". Dublin City Public Libraries. http://www.dublincitypubliclibraries.com/dublin-buildings/mckee-barracks. Retrieved 27 November 2014. 
  2. "Contact us". Department of Defence. http://www.military.ie/contact-us/. Retrieved 27 November 2014. 
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