Waterford Barracks
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{{Infobox military installation
|name=Waterford Barracks
|native_name=Beairic Phort Láirge
|image=Irish Guards' Mascot - Leitrim Boy.jpg
|caption =Irish Guards Mascot at Waterford Barracks in 1917
|type = Barracks
|map_type = Ireland
|pushpin_map_caption = Location within Ireland
|location = Waterford
|coordinates = {{Coord|52.25525|N|7.11986|W|region:IE_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
|ownership =
|operator = {{flagicon|Ireland}} Irish Army
|built = circa 1799
|used=1799–1922
|architect =
|built_for = War Office
|garrison =
|occupants =
}}
Waterford Barracks ({{langx|ga|Beairic Phort Láirge}}) was a military installation in Waterford, Ireland.
History
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There were two sets of barracks in Waterford: the infantry barracks on the North side of Barrack Street and the artillery barracks on the South side. It is not known when the infantry barracks were established{{cite web|url=http://oireachtasdebates.oireachtas.ie/debates%20authoring/debateswebpack.nsf/takes/dail1972021700068?opendocument|title=Questions Oral Answers - Waterford Military Barracks|date=17 February 1972|accessdate=6 December 2014}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://waterfordvikingtriangle.com/assets/A3-Heritage-walk-map.pdf|title=Heritage Walk map|accessdate=7 December 2014}} During the First World War the artillery barracks, at that time known as the cavalry barracks, served as the 1st cavalry depot providing accommodation for the 5th Royal Irish Lancers, the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, the 12th Royal Lancers, the 16th The Queen's Lancers, the 17th Lancers and the 21st Lancers.{{cite web|url=http://www.1914-1918.net/cavalry-depots.html|title=The locations of the Cavalry depots|publisher=The Long, Long Trail|accessdate=6 December 2014}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://nebuchadnezzarwoollyd.blogspot.co.uk/2008/12/fourth-siege-of-waterford.html|title=The fourth siege of Waterford|date=29 December 2008|accessdate=6 December 2014}} By the end of the Irish Civil War the infantry barracks were in a very dilapidated state{{cite web|url=https://www.waterfordcountyimages.org/exhibit/web/DisplayPrintableImage/K03oWFCJsn3qM/|title=Waterford City Infantry Barracks|publisher=Waterford County Images|accessdate=6 December 2014}} and the artillery barracks had been largely destroyed when a direct hit exploded in the magazine. The artillery barracks were gone by the 1930s and were replaced by St. Carthage's Avenue.{{cite web|url=http://www.holyfamilywaterford.com/history.html|title=Holy Family Past and Present|accessdate=6 December 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dia.ie/works/view/48947/building/CO.+WATERFORD,+WATERFORD,+BARRACK+STREET,+ARTILLERY+BARRACKS,+HOUSES+%28028%29|title=County Waterford, Waterford, Barrack Street, Artillery Barracks, Houses|accessdate=7 December 2014}}
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