# Devoy Barracks

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**Devoy Barracks** ([Irish](/source/Irish_language): *Dún Uí Dhubhuí*) was a military installation in [Naas](/source/Naas), [County Kildare](/source/County_Kildare) in [Ireland](/source/Ireland).

## History

The barracks, which were originally known as Naas Barracks, were built for local militia units in 1813.[1] In 1873 a system of recruiting areas based on counties was instituted under the [Cardwell Reforms](/source/Cardwell_Reforms) and the barracks became the [depot](/source/Regimental_depot) for the [102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers)](/source/102nd_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Madras_Fusiliers)) and the [103rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Bombay Fusiliers)](/source/103rd_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Bombay_Fusiliers)).[2] Following the [Childers Reforms](/source/Childers_Reforms), the 102nd and 103rd regiments amalgamated to form the [Royal Dublin Fusiliers](/source/Royal_Dublin_Fusiliers) with its depot in the barracks in 1881.[2]

The Royal Dublin Fusiliers were disbanded at the time of [Irish Independence](/source/Anglo-Irish_Treaty) in 1922.[3] The barracks were secured by the forces of the [Irish Free State](/source/Irish_Free_State) in February 1922.[1] The barracks, which were renamed Devoy Barracks after [John Devoy](/source/John_Devoy), the [Irish republican](/source/Irish_republicanism), closed in 1928 and the site was subsequently used for a variety of industrial uses.[1] The [Irish Army Apprentice School](/source/Irish_Army_Apprentice_School) was established on the site in 1956 but closed in 1998 when the barracks were finally decommissioned.[1]

## References

1. ["Devoy barracks: arch and clock tower"](http://www.hidden-gems.eu/Naas%20devoy%20barracks.pdf). Naas Local History Group. Retrieved 18 November 2014.

1. ["Training Depots"](http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/depot/1873.htm). Regiments.org. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20060210172841/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/depot/1873.htm) 10 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

1. Murphy, David (2007). *Irish Regiments in the World Wars, quote: "Following the treaty that established the independent Irish Free State in 1922, it was decided to disband the regiments that had their traditional recruiting grounds in southern Ireland: The Royal Irish Regiment; The Connaught Rangers; The Prince of Wales' Leinster Regiment; The Royal Munster Fusiliers; The Royal Dublin Fusiliers; The [South Irish Horse](/source/South_Irish_Horse)*. Osprey Publishing. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-84603-015-4.

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