[1] In 1873, a system of recruiting areas based on counties was instituted under the Cardwell Reforms and the barracks became the depot for the 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers) and 104th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Fusiliers).

[2] Following the Childers Reforms, the 101st and 104th regiments amalgamated to form the Royal Munster Fusiliers with its depot in the barracks in 1881.

[2] The Royal Munster Fusiliers were disbanded at the time at the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922.

[1] The barracks played a role in one of the most infamous incidents of the war, namely the Ballyseedy massacre.

On 6 and 7 March 1923, nine Republican prisoners were taken from the Barracks in Tralee to Ballyseedy crossroads and tied to a land mine which was detonated killing all but one.