McKee Barracks

McKee Barracks
Dún Mhic Aoidh
Dublin, Ireland

Defence Forces Chief of Staff, Lt Gen Dermot Earley meets UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon at McKee Barracks
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 (Irish: Dún Mhic Aoidh[1]) is a military installation near Phoenix Park in Cabra, Dublin, 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.[2] 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.[2] They are now an administrative centre where various Directors of Corps are based as well as the location of the Army Equitation School.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Eagrúchán - An tArm - Home". Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  2. 1 2 "McKee Barracks". Dublin City Public Libraries. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Contact us". Department of Defence. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
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