McKee Barracks
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| McKee Barracks | |
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Defence Forces Chief of Staff, Lt Gen Dermot Earley meets UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon at McKee Barracks
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 McKee Barracks
Location within Ireland
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| Type | Barracks |
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| Operator |  Irish Army |
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| Built | 1888 |
| Built for | War Office |
| In use | 1888-Present |
McKee Barracks is a military installation near Phoenix Park in Dublin in Ireland.
History
The barracks, originally named Marlborough Barracks after John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough and built as a cavalry barracks to house 862 military horses, were completed in 1888.[1] Following the Anglo-Irish Treaty the barracks were handed over to the forces of the Irish Free State in 1922 and renamed McKee Barracks after Dick McKee, the Irish Republican leader, in 1926.[1] They are now an administrative centre where various Directors of Corps are based as well as the location of the Army Equitation School.[2]
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