Category Archives: Barracks

St Michael, the Warrior Saint

by igt_admin Posted on May 16, 2017

This window, to the memory of Michael Allen who fought in the Indian Rebellion, was placed in Altar Church by his daughter 77 years after that bloody conflict. 1 The Archangel Michael, the warrior saint, crushes Satan beneath his feet … Continue reading →

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A cold Christmas dinner: festivities in army barracks

by igt_admin Posted on December 15, 2016

According to a 1907 account by an army chaplain, Rev. E.J. Hardy, soldiers ate well on Christmas Day. 1 The usual boiled beef or mutton was served alongside goose, turkey, ham and pheasant. Unfortunately this abundant repast was eaten cold … Continue reading →

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The death of Robert Sim: a protest against flogging in Limerick city, 1867

by igt_admin Posted on November 8, 2016

On a grey February Monday in 1867, an inquest jury of 12 Limerick men met in the hospital of the New Barracks, to investigate the death of Private Robert Sim ‘then and there lying dead’ before them. Sim, of the … Continue reading →

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