History
The barracks was originally built in the 1860s to house two battalions of troops. The original Victorian buildings were a long and monotonous brick structure broken by towers in the centre. These buildings were replaced by two 13-storey concrete tower blocks in the 1960s. The tower blocks were used to accommodate four companies from the Guards Regiments.
A nail-bomb attack on the barracks by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in September 1981 killed two civilians.
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