Victoria Barracks, Belfast

Victoria Barracks was a military installation in New Lodge, Belfast in Northern Ireland.

[2] Following the Childers Reforms, the 83rd and 86th regiments amalgamated to form the Royal Irish Rifles with its depot in the barracks in 1881.

[2] A major extension was built between 1880 and 1881 to accommodate the extra troops.

[1] The Royal Ulster Rifles moved to St Patrick's Barracks in 1937.

[3] The barracks were bombed and badly damaged by the Luftwaffe during the Second World War[4] and fell into a complete state of disrepair in the 1950s before being finally demolished in the early 1960s.