Cathal Brugha Barracks - Troops

Troops

The first troops to occupy the barracks were the 6th Dragoon Guards, with following units including the: Royal Scots Fusiliers, Royal Munster Fusiliers, Durham Light Infantry, Middlesex Regiment, Wiltshire Regiment, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and Royal Irish Rifles.

Since the end of the Anglo-Irish war, the barracks has housed units of the Irish Defence Forces, and has more recently been developed as a result of the force's reorganisation. It became the Eastern Command HQ (again) in 1994, and in 1997 accommodated additional units after the closure of Collins Barracks. Following the 2012 reorganisation of the army, the barracks became headquarters of the reorganised 2nd (Northern) Brigade.

Cathal Brugha Barracks houses the following units:

  • 2 Northern Brigade Headquarters
  • 2 Infantry Battalion
  • 2 Cavalry Squadron
  • 2 Field CIS Company
  • 2 Northern Brigade Military Police Company
  • 2 Logistic Support Battalion
  • 2 Northern Brigade Training Centre
  • 2 ISTAR Coy, IEEUBG 2012-2
  • Army School of Music and No 1 Army Band
  • 62 Reserve Infantry Battalion
  • 62 Reserve Cavalry Squadron
  • 62 Reserve Field CIS Company
  • 62 Reserve Field Military Police Company
  • 62 Reserve Logistic Support Battalion (Field Medical Company)
  • 2 Air Defence Battery
  • Explosives Ordnance Disposal (EOD)
  • Northern Group, Irish Naval Service Reserve (RDF)

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