{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}} {{Use British English|date=May 2014}} {{Infobox military installation |name=Gough Barracks |image=Bungalow by Gough Barracks - geograph.org.uk - 463509.jpg |caption = Gough Barracks visible on the left beyond the bungalow |type = Barracks |map_type = Northern Ireland |pushpin_map_caption = Location within Northern Ireland |location = Armagh, Northern Ireland |coordinates = {{Coord|54.34892|N|6.64293|W|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} |ownership = Ministry of Defence |operator = {{army|United Kingdom}} |built = 1773 |used=1773-1960<br>1970-1976 |architect = |built_for = |garrison = |occupants = Royal Irish Fusiliers }} '''Gough Barracks''' was a military installation in Armagh, Northern Ireland.
==History== The barracks were first established on the site in 1773.<ref name=letter>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsletter.co.uk/nostalgia/the-way-we-were-no-pomp-or-ceremony-as-keys-for-gough-barracks-are-handed-back-1-5781470|title=No pomp or ceremony as keys for Gough Barracks are handed back|publisher=News Letter|accessdate=11 October 2014}}</ref> In 1873 a system of recruiting areas based on counties was instituted under the Cardwell Reforms and the barracks became the depot for the 89th (Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot and the 94th Regiment of Foot.<ref name=training>{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/depot/1873.htm |title=Training Depots |publisher=Regiments.org |accessdate=16 October 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060210172841/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/depot/1873.htm |archivedate=10 February 2006 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Following the Childers Reforms, the 87th (Prince of Wales's Irish) Regiment of Foot and the 89th (The Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot amalgamated to form the Royal Irish Fusiliers with its depot in the barracks in 1881.<ref name=training/>
During the Second World War the barracks were used as military accommodation by the United States Army.<ref name=letter/> In 1954 an Irish Republican Army unit raided the barracks and seized 340 rifles, 50 Sten guns, 12 Bren guns and a number of small arms.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politics.ie/forum/history/190532-day-irish-history-12-june-1954-ira-raid-gough-barracks-armagh.html|title=This day in Irish History 12 June 1954: The IRA Raid on Gough Barracks in Armagh|publisher=Politics.ie|accessdate=11 October 2014|archive-date=16 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016093453/http://www.politics.ie/forum/history/190532-day-irish-history-12-june-1954-ira-raid-gough-barracks-armagh.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> On the night of 12 December 1956 the barracks was attacked again during the IRA's Border Campaign.<ref>{{cite book |last=Coogan |first=Tim |date=2002 |title=The IRA |location=New York |publisher=St. Martins Press |page=305 |isbn=0-312-29416-6}}</ref> The barracks were closed as a depot of the Royal Irish Fusiliers in April 1960.<ref name=letter/>
In 1970 Gough Barracks was re-opened as the Headquarters for the 2nd Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment: the battalion remained there until they moved out to more modern facilities Drumadd Barracks in 1975.<ref>Potter, p. 27</ref> The premises were then vacated completely by the British Army in 1976.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1977/jan/19/gough-barracks-armagh#S5CV0924P0_19770119_CWA_285|title=Gough Barracks, Armagh|work=Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)|date=19 January 1977|access-date=12 October 2014}}</ref>
A nuclear bunker was established at the site during the Cold War<ref>{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1986/mar/06/nuclear-bunkers|title=Nuclear Bunkers|work=Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)|date=6 March 1986|access-date=11 October 2014}}</ref> and it continues to be used as a policing base by the Police Service of Northern Ireland.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Staff Reporter|title=Armagh set for brand new police station on Gough Barracks site|url=https://www.armaghi.com/news/craigavon-news/armagh-set-for-brand-new-police-station-on-gough-barracks-site/43549|access-date=2020-09-16|website=Armagh I|language=en}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==Sources== *{{cite book|title=Testimony to Courage: The History of the Ulster Defence Regiment 1969-1992|first=John|last=Potter|publisher=Pen & Sword Books|year=2001|isbn=978-0850528190}}
Category:Barracks in Northern Ireland Category:Installations of the British Army Category:1773 establishments in Ireland Category:1976 disestablishments in Northern Ireland Category:Military installations established in 1773 Category:Military installations closed in 1976