List of Irish military installations

This is a list of Irish military installations occupied by the Defence Forces (including Army, Air Corps, Naval Service and Reserve Defence Forces) in the Republic of Ireland by province and overseas.

The Irish Defence Forces maintains approximately 20,000 acres of land for military training in the state.[1]

Casement Aerodrome (Baldonnel) is home to the Irish Air Corps

Connacht

• Oranmore Rifle Range, County Galway
• Dún Uí Mhaoilíosa, Renmore, County Galway
• RDF Clifden, County Galway
• RDF Boyle, County Roscommon
• Carnagh Rifle Range, County Roscommon
• RDF Sligo, County Sligo

Leinster

Irish Army Corps of Engineers detonate explosives in the Glen of Imaal

Gormanston Camp houses a former aerodrome

• Cathal Brugha Barracks, Rathmines, Dublin
• McKee Barracks, Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin
• St Bricin's Military Hospital, Dublin 7
• Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, County Dublin
• Esplanade Collins Barracks, Dublin
• DFTC, Curragh Camp, County Kildare
• Department of Defence Headquarters, Station Road, Newbridge, County Kildare
• Stephens Barracks, County Kilkenny
• RDF Portlaoise, County Laois
• Aiken Barracks, Dundalk, County Louth
• Red Barn Rifle Range, Dundalk, County Louth
• Gormanston Camp and Aerodrome, County Meath
• RDF Navan, County Meath
• Custume Barracks, Athlone, County Westmeath
• Military Barracks Wexford, County Wexford
• Glen of Imaal, County Wicklow
• Kilbride Camp and Rifle Range, County Wicklow
• Coolmoney Camp, County Wicklow
• Rockbrae House Bray, County Wicklow
• Range Warden's Post, Seskin, County Wicklow

Munster

Haulbowline Naval Base is home to the Irish Naval Service

• Knockalisheen, County Clare[2]
• RDF Premises Ennis, County Clare
• Lynch Camp Kilworth, County Cork
• Bere Island, County Cork
• Naval Base, Haulbowline, County Cork
• Fort Davis, Whitegate, County Cork
• Fort Templebreedy, Crosshaven, County Cork
• Collins Barracks, County Cork
• Fermoy Barracks, County Cork
• RDF Kilcrohane, County Cork
• RDF Skibbereen, County Cork
• RDF Mallow, County Cork
• Fort Shannon, Tarbert, County Kerry
• RDF Premises Killorglin, County Kerry
• Sarsfield Barracks, County Limerick
• Military Barracks Nenagh, County Tipperary
• McCan Barracks, Templemore, County Tipperary
• Kilcoran Rifle Range, County Tipperary
• Military Barracks Waterford, County Waterford

Ulster

• Finner Camp, County Donegal[3][4]
• RDF Letterkenny, County Donegal
• RDF Cavan, County Cavan

Former

• Connolly Barracks, County Longford Closed 2009
• Castlebar Military Barracks, Castlebar, County Mayo Closed 2008
• Columb Barracks, Mullingar, County Westmeath Closed 2008
• Ballymullen Barracks Tralee, County Kerry

Overseas

A UN helicopter lands at an Irish outpost in At Tiri, Lebanon

• Camp Shamrock, United Nations Post 2-45, At Tiri, Lebanon
• United Nations Post 6-52, Maroun al-Ras, Lebanon
• Camp Faouar, Syria [5]
• United Nations Post 80, Al-Rafid, Syria

References

1. "Defence Forces Property". Houses of the Oireachtas Service. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
2. https://www.kildarestreet.com/wrans/?id=2020-11-17a.1031
3. "Defence Forces Properties". Houses of the Oireachtas Service. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
4. "Department of Defence". KildareStreet.com. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
5. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/irish-troops-complete-move-back-to-syrian-side-of-golan-heights-1.3619731