Waterford Barracks

Waterford Barracks (Irish: Beairic Phort Láirge) was a military installation in Waterford, Ireland.

It is not known when the infantry barracks were established[1] but it is accepted that the artillery barracks were built in the aftermath of the Irish Rebellion and completed at the end of the 18th century.

[3] During the Irish Civil War the barracks were seized by the anti-treaty forces; however in the ensuing battle there were many direct hits from gunfire.

[4] By the end of the Irish Civil War the infantry barracks were in a very dilapidated state[5] and the artillery barracks had been largely destroyed when a direct hit exploded in the magazine.

[4] The artillery barracks were gone by the 1930s and were replaced by St. Carthage's Avenue.

Group of Royal Artillery Sergeants at the Cavalry Barracks, Waterford, c1900 (National Library of Ireland)