Kickham Barracks
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Kickham Barracks
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 Kickham Barracks
Location within Ireland
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| Type | Barracks |
| Site information | |
| Operator |  Irish Army |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1837 |
| Built for | War Office |
| In use | 1837-2012 |
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| Occupants | Royal Irish Regiment |
Kickham Barracks was a military installation in Clonmel, Ireland.
History
The barracks were built 1805 and given the name Victoria Barracks in honour of Queen Victoria in 1837.[1] They became the depot of the Royal Irish Regiment in 1882.[1]
The Royal Irish Regiment was disbanded at the time of Irish Independence in 1922.[2] The barracks were temporarily secured by the Irish Republican Army in 1922 but then handed over to the forces of the Irish Free State.[1] They were then renamed Kickham Barracks after Charles Kickham, the Irish Poet.[1] After a period of disuse, they were rebuilt as a base for the Irish Army between 1942 and 1945 and they then remained in use, latterly as the home of the 12th Infantry Battalion, until they closed in March 2012.[3]
