This is what I've found in my research--these were active during the War of Independence (2 exceptions in parens just before).
This may seem like a large number, but the Dublin Brigade became the Dublin District in Mar 1920 with the 24th & 25th (Provisional) Infantry Brigades assigned. Brig.-Gen. Boyd was promoted to Maj.-Gen. at this re-organisation. Most of the battalions assigned were actually in the City, although the District had purview over Co. Dublin and Meath. Most of these barracks had one or two infantry battalions garrisoned.
The British army did use the Rifle Brigade and the RHA, RGA and RFA 'brigades' in Ireland. Their units were listed as 'regiments', but their were actually the size of infantry battalions (the RHA were dismounted) and used as such. The same holds true with the cavalry regiments.
Cheers,
Bill
This may seem like a large number, but the Dublin Brigade became the Dublin District in Mar 1920 with the 24th & 25th (Provisional) Infantry Brigades assigned. Brig.-Gen. Boyd was promoted to Maj.-Gen. at this re-organisation. Most of the battalions assigned were actually in the City, although the District had purview over Co. Dublin and Meath. Most of these barracks had one or two infantry battalions garrisoned.
The British army did use the Rifle Brigade and the RHA, RGA and RFA 'brigades' in Ireland. Their units were listed as 'regiments', but their were actually the size of infantry battalions (the RHA were dismounted) and used as such. The same holds true with the cavalry regiments.
- Military/Police Barracks
(Aldborough Barracks)--Aldborough Place & Portland Row--Site of Fenian attack in 1893. Seems to have been closed around 1894.
Arbour Hill Barracks--Across from Royal Barracks--Situated north across Arbour Hill St., near the Military Prison, with the Arbour Hill (Military) Cemetery in-between.
Beggars Bush Barracks--Beggars Bush--Site of Army Pay Office in WWI. Turned over to ADRIC for Depot in July 1920; 1st barracks turned over to the Free State.
Dublin Castle--Dublin Castle--Seat of Britain's Irish Government.
Island Bridge Barracks--South Circular--Renamed Clancy Barracks.
King’s Inn--Constitution Hill--Used as a British army HQ in War of Independence.
Linenhall Barracks--Constitution Hill--Immediately south of King's Inn.
Magazine Fort--Phoenix Park
Marlborough Barracks--Blackhorse Avenue--Renamed McKee Barracks.
(Pigeon House Fort)--South Wall--1814–97, apparently became electric station; attacked with dynamite in 1893. Seems to have been converted around 1894.
Portobello Barracks--Rathmines--Renamed Cathal Brugha Barracks.
Richmond Barracks--Kilmainham--Renamed Keogh Barracks.
Royal Barracks--SW Temple & Benburb St.--Renamed Collins Barracks.
RIC Depot & Barracks--South of Marlborough Barracks, off North Circular Road. Sometimes called 'Phoenix Park RIC Depot'.
Ship Street Barracks--Located on south side at the Castle. There was also a DMP station or barracks nearby. Of course, both the DMP and the RIC were headquartered at the Castle, with the Chief-Commissioner of the DMP (Edgeworth-Johnstone) and the Deputy Inspector-General, RIC (Davies-1916-20 & Walsh-1920-22), having offices there.
- Military Hospitals in Dublin
King George V Royal Military Hospital--complex at Arbour Hill
Royal Military Infirmary--Montpellier Hill.
Royal Military Hospital (Female)--Montpellier Hill (just across the road).
Isolation Hospital--Montpellier Hill
Portobello Military Hospital--at the barracks.
Special Surgical Hospital--I don't have a location for this.
Dispersal Hospital--I don't have a location for this.
There were also large military hospitals at:
The Curragh Military Camp (Co. Kildare), the HQ of the 5th Infantry Division and of The Cavalry Brigade;
The Central Cork Military Hospital in Cork City, which also housed the HQ of the 6th Infantry Division;
The Ulster Volunteer Force Hospital in Belfast, HQ of 1st Infantry Division, founded on Lord Craigavon’s estate.
There were also military hospitals at Armagh, Athlone, Belfast, Dundalk, Enniskillen, Galway, Holywood, Londonderry, Longford, Mullingar, Newry, Omagh and Tipperary.
Most of these were caring for the few soldiers and families of the Depots of the Irish regiments of the British army (almost all of whose battalions were deployed, to get them out of Ireland).
RIC Depot and Barracks Infirmary--there was a small infirmary run by the Surgeon to the Force, Dr Pryce Peacock (1914-22), who had the effective rank of a county inspector.
There were no other medical officers in the RIC, the force was looked after by 'Medical Attendants of the Royal Irish Constabulary’, who were contract physicians who looked after the men and their families--wives and children under 16. The DMP were cared for through a similar system, but did not include family care.
Cheers,
Bill
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