Columb Army Barracks (Mullingar (Muileann gCearr))
Ireland /
Westmeath /
Mullingar /
Mullingar (Muileann gCearr)
World
/ Ireland
/ Westmeath
/ Mullingar
barracks, listed building / architectural heritage
Closed 2012, was home to 4th Field Artillery Regiment and 54th Reserve Field Artillery Regiment.
The site for the barracks at Mullingar was purchased by the War Department in 1807. The barracks were built in 1814 and first occupied in 1819. The original barracks were built to accommodate 1000 soldiers. It was originally named Wellington Barracks, like many of the barrack complexes built in Ireland at the time. The barracks was renamed Columb Barracks in 1922 after Patrick Columb, a member of the National Army who was killed on Mary Street, Mullingar in 1922.
The site for the barracks at Mullingar was purchased by the War Department in 1807. The barracks were built in 1814 and first occupied in 1819. The original barracks were built to accommodate 1000 soldiers. It was originally named Wellington Barracks, like many of the barrack complexes built in Ireland at the time. The barracks was renamed Columb Barracks in 1922 after Patrick Columb, a member of the National Army who was killed on Mary Street, Mullingar in 1922.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 53°31'36"N 7°21'15"W
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- Gibraltar Barracks 506 km
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- BASE MILITAR "ALVAREZ DE SOTOMAYOR"-- LA LEGION 1889 km
- Lough Ennell / Loch Ainninn 7.1 km
- County Westmeath (Contae na hIarmhí) 7.7 km
- Townland of Knockmant 11 km
- Clonfad 13 km
- Rattin 15 km
- Black Castle Bog 24 km
- County Longford (Contae Longfoirt) 33 km
- County Meath (Contae na Mí) 40 km
- County Offaly (Contae Uíbh Fhailí) 45 km
- County Kildare (Contae Chill Dara) 55 km