[1] Their creation took place as part of the Cardwell Reforms which encouraged the localisation of British military forces.

[5] In August 2024, army chaplain Paul Murphy was stabbed outside the entrance to the barracks.

Irish soldiers engaging in UN Peacekeeping in Congo, Cyprus, Lebanon, Chad and Afghanistan are remembered at the Dún Uí Mhaoilíosa Museum.

An axe used by an African tribesman in the Niemba Ambush in the Congo in which nine Irish Army soldiers were killed is featured in the exhibits.

[9] The museum has forged links with the Connaught Rangers Association, established in Boyle in 2002.