McKee Barracks
| McKee Barracks | |
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| Dún Mhic Aoidh | |
| Dublin, Ireland | |
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Defence Forces Chief of Staff, Lt Gen Dermot Earley meets UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon at McKee Barracks
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 McKee Barracks
Location within Ireland
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| Coordinates | 53°21′22″N 6°17′59″W / 53.35614°N 6.29961°WCoordinates: 53°21′22″N 6°17′59″W / 53.35614°N 6.29961°W |
| Type | Barracks |
| Site information | |
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 Irish Army
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| Site history | |
| Built | 1888 |
| Built for | War Office |
| In use | 1888-Present |
McKee Barracks (Irish: Dún Mhic Aoidh) is a military installation near Phoenix Park in Cabra, Dublin, Ireland.
The barracks, originally named Marlborough Barracks after John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough and built as a cavalry barracks to house 862 military horses, were completed in 1888. Following the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the barracks was handed over to the Irish Republican Army in 1922 and renamed McKee Barracks (after Dick McKee, a prominent IRA officer) in 1926. It's now an administrative centre where various Directors of Corps are based, as well as the location of the Irish Army Equitation School.
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