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Stephens Barracks

Stephens Barracks
Dún Mhic Stiofáin
Kilkenny, Ireland
Recruits and Potential NCOs of the 1 Southern Brigade RDF who had their Passing Out Parade in Stephens Barracks Kilkenny (8018906043).jpg
A Reserve Defence Force recruits passing out parade at Stephens Barracks
Stephens Barracks is located in Ireland
Stephens Barracks
Stephens Barracks
Location within Ireland
Coordinates 52°39′34″N 7°14′51″W / 52.65945°N 7.24763°W / 52.65945; -7.24763Coordinates: 52°39′34″N 7°14′51″W / 52.65945°N 7.24763°W / 52.65945; -7.24763
Type Barracks
Site information
Operator Republic of Ireland Irish Army
Site history
Built 1800-1803
Built for War Office
In use 1803-Present
Garrison information
Garrison 3rd Infantry Battalion, Irish Army

Stephens Barracks (Irish: Dún Mhic Stiofáin) is a military installation in Kilkenny, Ireland.

The barracks were built by James Switser on land provided by the Earl of Ormond as part of the response to the Irish Rebellion and completed between 1800 and 1803.A garrison church was added in 1852.

Following the Anglo-Irish Treaty the barracks was handed over to the forces of the Irish Free State in 1922 and renamed after James Stephens, the Irish Republican leader, in 1969. The barracks is now the home to the 3 Infantry Battalion.


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