Cathal Brugha Barracks (Dublin)

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Army barracks in Rathmines, known as Portobello Barracks under British rule.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathal_Brugha_Barracks
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Coordinates:   53°19'40"N   6°16'16"W

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  • What Units and Number of soldiers are based here?
  • The first troops to occupy the barracks were the 6th Dragoon Guards, with following units including the: Royal Scots Fusiliers, Royal Munster Fusiliers, Durham Light Infantry, Middlesex Regiment, Wiltshire Regiment, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and Royal Irish Rifles. Since the end of the Anglo-Irish war, the barracks has housed units of the Irish Defence Forces, and has more recently been developed as a result of the the force's reoganisation. It became the Eastern Command HQ (again) in 1994, and in 1997 accommodated additional units after the closure of Collins Barracks.
  • it is home to "An Slua Muiri" the irish naval reserve, a highly trained and well organised unit for tackling terrorist threats.
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