Birr Barracks

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  • The barracks were built by Bernard Mullins at the instigation of Lawrence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse, who had supported the need to build some barracks within a few hours’ march of the River Shannon, and were completed between 1809 and 1812.

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      Birr Barracks

      BT Birr

      Birr Barracks

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        Birr Barracks

        • UF Crinkle Barracks
        • UF Crinkill Barracks

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        Birr Barracks

          3 Archival description results for Birr Barracks

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          Henry G. Farmer Leinster Regiment Collection
          IE OH OHS78 · Collection · 1874-1964

          Collection of books, press cuttings, photographs, and memorabilia related to the Leinster Regiment at Birr Barracks, collected by Henry G. Farmer (1882-1965), son of Sergeant Henry G. Farmer, quarter-master, Leinster Regiment, Birr Barracks.

           Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)
          Memoir by Kathleen Barnwell, Birr
          IE OCL P31 · Item · 1918-1985

          Typescript of memoir titled ‘Do You Remember’. Recounts the life in Birr and covers the following subjects: soldiers from Birr returning from World War I (1918), the Treaty (1921), occupation of Free State Troops of ‘The Gorm' (the workhouse) in Birr (1922), burning of Crinkle Barracks (1922) and other reminiscences of life in Birr from 1930s to 1980s.

           Barnwell, Kathleen
          OCL P136 Page 88
          OCL P136 Page 88
          Part · 1922
          Part of Photograph album of Col. Fitz-Simon

          'Poor Old Depot'

          1. 'Fred Barry'
          2. [Untitled. Photograph of doorway into the burnt out remains of Birr Barracks]
          3. [Untitled. Distant view of burnt out remains of Birr Barracks]
          4. [Untitled. View of burnt out remains of Birr Barracks from internal barrack square.]