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词条 Palace Barracks, Holywood
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  1. History

  2. References

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|caption = Palace Barracks
|type = Barracks
|map_type = Northern Ireland
|pushpin_map_caption = Location within Northern Ireland
|location = Holywood
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|ownership = Ministry of Defence
|operator = {{army|United Kingdom}}
|built = 1886
|used=1886 – present
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|garrison =
|occupants = The Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland
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Palace Barracks, Holywood is a British Army installation in Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

History

Palace Barracks occupies the site of a palatial house known as "Ardtullagh", the home of the Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore until it was bought by the UK War Office in 1886.[1]

In 1933, six children of Lance Corporal Harry Poole and his wife, Mary, lost their lives from asphyxiation following gas poisoning in the married quarters of the barracks.[2]

During the roughly three decades of "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland, the barracks served as the home base for battalions rotating through the province, especially those on a two-year "accompanied" tour with their families. A wide variety of facilities are available for soldiers to use off duty, including a swimming pool, squash courts, saunas, bars and a gymnasium.[3]

Palace Barracks has been the Regimental Headquarters of the Royal Irish Regiment since 2008 and the home base of several squadrons of the 152 (North Irish) Regiment RLC. In March 2010, it was the site of a bombing,[4] one of several attacks carried out by "hardline Republicans" in 2010; other attacks included the Newry car bombing.[5] Since 2014 it has been the base for the Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland.[6]

It is also the declared headquarters of the MI5 for their investigations into Northern Ireland-related terrorism.[7]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://culloden-temp.avviohosting.com/upload/docs/cull-history.pdf|title=The History of the Culloden Estate and Spa|accessdate=5 April 2014}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.palacebarracksmemorialgarden.co.uk/archive/23rd%20April%201933.htm|title=Palace Barracks Memorial Garden|accessdate=5 April 2014}}
3. ^"Army Base Palace Barracks," Domesday Reloaded, BBC website.
4. ^Real IRA Claims Barracks Car Bomb Blast Sky News, 12 April 2010.
5. ^"Gardaí say dissidents no threat to Britain," Cormac O’Keeffe, Irish Examiner, 18 September 2010.
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/families-anger-as-royal-scots-borderers-moved-1-2822232|title=Families’ anger as Royal Scots Borderers moved|publisher=The Scotsman|date=7 March 2013|accessdate=2 May 2016}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.mi5.gov.uk/mi5-in-northern-ireland|title=MI5 in Northern Ireland|publisher=The Security Service|accessdate=27 April 2018}}

10 : 1886 establishments in Ireland|2010 in Northern Ireland|Car and truck bombings in Northern Ireland|Terrorism in Northern Ireland|Military of Northern Ireland|Barracks in Northern Ireland|Military history of County Down|Royal Irish Regiment (1992)|Installations of the British Army|Terrorist incidents in the United Kingdom in 2010

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