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OCL P136 Page 88
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- 1922 (Creation)
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4 photographs
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'Poor Old Depot'
- 'Fred Barry'
- [Untitled. Photograph of doorway into the burnt out remains of Birr Barracks]
- [Untitled. Distant view of burnt out remains of Birr Barracks]
- [Untitled. View of burnt out remains of Birr Barracks from internal barrack square.]
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Birr Barracks, Crinkill, Co Offaly was the regimental headquarters of the Leinster Regiment. It was burned to the ground on 14 July 1922 by the anti-Treaty IRA during the Civil War.