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British Army Barracks in Letterkenny

  • 15-09-2020 11:44AM
    #1
    donegal_man
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    A question for all the local historians. I've seen pictures of an old BA barracks in Letterkenny, near the workhouse and the location of the present fire station, but there seems to be no information about it. Google only returns results for Rockhill and Finner. I assume it was closed sometime soon after WW1.
    Thanks in advance for any information.


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  • #2
    Zubeneschamali
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,644 ✭✭✭✭Zubeneschamali


    No barracks on the 25" os map from 1900ish. There is an area marked Camp where Sprackburn Drive is now.


  • #3
    donegal_man
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    Thanks for the info. May have been a temporary camp during the WW1 or the War of Independence I suppose. These are the pictures I was going on.
    Love the title of the second one!

    Barracks.jpg

    Barracks2.jpg


  • #4
    Zubeneschamali
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,644 ✭✭✭✭Zubeneschamali


    The first pic matches the 25" map exactly, this is the Camp marked in Letterkenny. The second pic is the view of the asylum now Conals hospital, from that camp.

    I see cannon in the 2nd one, there was a Donegal Artillery militia regiment until 1909.


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