# Gough Barracks
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{{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](/source/Armagh), [Northern Ireland](/source/Northern_Ireland)
|coordinates = {{Coord|54.34892|N|6.64293|W|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
|ownership = [Ministry of Defence](/source/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom))
|operator = {{army|United Kingdom}}
|built = 1773
|used=1773-1960
1970-1976
|architect =
|built_for =
|garrison =
|occupants = [Royal Irish Fusiliers](/source/Royal_Irish_Fusiliers)
}}
'''Gough Barracks''' was a military installation in [Armagh](/source/Armagh), [Northern Ireland](/source/Northern_Ireland).
==History==
The barracks were first established on the site in 1773.[{{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}}] 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 [89th (Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot](/source/89th_(Princess_Victoria's)_Regiment_of_Foot) and the [94th Regiment of Foot](/source/94th_Regiment_of_Foot).[{{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 }}] Following the [Childers Reforms](/source/Childers_Reforms), the [87th (Prince of Wales's Irish) Regiment of Foot](/source/87th_(Royal_Irish_Fusiliers)_Regiment_of_Foot) and the 89th (The Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot amalgamated to form the [Royal Irish Fusiliers](/source/Royal_Irish_Fusiliers) with its depot in the barracks in 1881.[
During the [Second World War](/source/World_War_II) the barracks were used as military accommodation by the [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army).][ In 1954 an [Irish Republican Army](/source/Irish_Republican_Army_(1922%E2%80%9369)) unit raided the barracks and seized 340 [rifle](/source/rifle)s, 50 [Sten](/source/Sten) guns, 12 [Bren gun](/source/Bren_light_machine_gun)s and a number of small arms.][{{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}}] On the night of 12 December 1956 the barracks was attacked again during the IRA's [Border Campaign](/source/Border_campaign_(Irish_Republican_Army)).[{{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}}] The barracks were closed as a depot of the Royal Irish Fusiliers in April 1960.[
In 1970 Gough Barracks was re-opened as the Headquarters for the [2nd Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment](/source/2nd_Battalion%2C_Ulster_Defence_Regiment): the battalion remained there until they moved out to more modern facilities [Drumadd Barracks](/source/Drumadd_Barracks) in 1975.][Potter, p. 27] The premises were then vacated completely by the [British Army](/source/British_Army) in 1976.[{{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)](/source/Hansard)|date=19 January 1977|access-date=12 October 2014}}]
A nuclear bunker was established at the site during the [Cold War](/source/Cold_War)[{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1986/mar/06/nuclear-bunkers|title=Nuclear Bunkers|work=[Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)](/source/Hansard)|date=6 March 1986|access-date=11 October 2014}}] and it continues to be used as a policing base by the [Police Service of Northern Ireland](/source/Police_Service_of_Northern_Ireland).[{{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}}]
==References==
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==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
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