Ebrington Barracks

Ebrington Barracks was a military installation on the east bank of the River Foyle in Derry, Northern Ireland.

[1] At the start of the First World War, the barracks were occupied by 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment who proceeded to France with the Expeditionary Force and landed at le Havre on 16 August 1914.

[2] At the start of the Second World War the barracks were home to 2nd Battalion, the South Wales Borderers, before they were mobilised.

[7] On 14 December 1993: two soldiers were wounded by a trip wire bomb blast in a fence at a railway bordering the facilities.

[1] The Peace Bridge, built across the River Foyle between the main part of the city on the West and Ebrington Square on the East, was opened in June 2011.