Drumadd Barracks
{{short description|British Army installation in Armagh, Northern Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox military structure
|name=Drumadd Barracks
|image=
|caption = Drumadd Barracks
|type = Barracks
|map_type = Northern Ireland
|pushpin_map_caption = Location within Northern Ireland
|location = Armagh, Northern Ireland
|coordinates = {{Coord|54.349|N|6.634|W|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
|ownership = Ministry of Defence
|operator = {{army|United Kingdom}}
|built = 1975
|used=1975-2007
|architect =
|built_for =
|garrison =
|occupants = 3rd Infantry Brigade
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Drumadd Barracks is a former military installation in Armagh, Northern Ireland.
History
The barracks were established on Hamiltonsbawn Road in Armagh in 1975.{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1980/dec/19/drumadd-barracks-armagh|title=Drumadd Barracks, Armagh|work=Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)|date=19 December 1980|access-date=11 October 2014}} They became a base for 2nd Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment in 1976, during the Troubles, and then became headquarters for 3rd Infantry Brigade, who moved from the Mahon Road Barracks in Portadown, in February 1988.Potter, p. 309 The barracks were also the southern area regional command headquarters.{{cite web|url=http://www.citadel.edu/root/images/Gold_Star/1999gsjedition.pdf|title=Gold Star|accessdate=11 October 2014}} In November 1996 a 2,500 lb bomb planted by the Provisional Irish Republican Army was found abandoned about half a mile from the barracks.{{cite web|url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060015685|title=Unexploded bomb found near Drumadd Barracks|publisher=Imperial War Museum|year=1996|accessdate=11 October 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-61282921.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328142121/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-61282921.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 March 2015|title=IRA's top team behind bomb|publisher=The Mirror|date=30 November 1996|accessdate=11 October 2014}}
In 2003 an ornate memorial window was unveiled at the barracks by Archbishop Robin Eames.{{cite web|url=http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/archbishop-in-plea-for-political-stability-124560.html|title=Archbishop in plea for political stability|date=7 December 2003|publisher=Breaking News|accessdate=11 October 2014}} The barracks were vacated in July 2007 and sold for redevelopment in September 2014.{{cite web|url=http://armaghi.com/former-drumadd-army-barracks-sold-for-business-park-redevelopment/|title=Former Drumadd Army Barracks sold for business park redevelopment|accessdate=11 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016082544/http://armaghi.com/former-drumadd-army-barracks-sold-for-business-park-redevelopment/|archive-date=16 October 2014|url-status=dead}}
References
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Sources
- {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PPubS8JGOngC&q=Drumadd+Barracks+3rd+Infantry+Brigade&pg=PT220|title=Testimony to Courage: The History of the Ulster Defence Regiment 1969-1992|first=John|last=Potter|publisher=Pen & Sword Books|year=2001|isbn=978-0850528190}}