| 词条 | Custume Barracks |
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|name=Custume Barracks |image= Handover of Custume Barracks -The Bridge, Athlone.jpg |native_name = Dún Chostúim |caption = Soldiers marching across the bridge in Athlone prior to the handover of Custume Barracks |type = Barracks |map_type = Ireland |pushpin_map_caption = Location within Ireland |location =Athlone, Ireland |coordinates = {{Coord|53.42514|N|7.94649|W|region:IE_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} |ownership = |operator = {{flagicon|Ireland}} Irish Army |built = 1691 |used=1691-Present |architect = |built_for = |garrison = 6th Infantry Battalion, Irish Army }} Custume Barracks ({{Lang-ga|Dún Chostúim}}) is a military installation at Athlone in Ireland. HistoryBarracksThe barracks were completed in 1691. The barracks are named after a Sergeant Custume, who defended the bridge from the forces of King William III during the 1690 Siege of Athlone.[1] The barracks were taken over by forces of the Irish Free State in 1922 and served as the headquarters of 4th Western Brigade until the brigade was disbanded and is now part of 2 Brigade which is headquartered from Cathal Brugha Barracks in Dublin.[2] The barracks remains the home of 6th Infantry Battalion as the lead unit, and 2nd Brigade Artillery Regiment and detachments of 2 Engineer Company and the Medical Corps.[3][4] Nuclear bunkerDuring the Cold War, there were contingency plans in place that, in the event of a nuclear exchange, cabinet ministers, senior civil servants and military advisers would use an underground nuclear bunker at Custume Barracks. The bunker was equipped with a command and control centre with communications equipment – which had a hotline to the British government in Whitehall – a map room pointing out important areas for protection, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom facilities to accommodate up to 100 persons.[5] In 1968 a larger nuclear bunker, housing the Integrated National Control Centre (INCC), was planned for Athlone. This was planned to have capacity to accommodate and feed up to 300 people for a month, and allow the Government to continue in the event of a nuclear emergency. The Department of Defence and the Office of Public Works (OPW) drew up secret plans for a larger {{Convert|20000|sqft|abbr=on}} underground bunker to include operations rooms, message centre, broadcasting studio, kitchens, offices, committee rooms, sleeping accommodation and {{Convert|100000|impgal}} of uncontaminated drinking water. The plans for this new bunker never went ahead.[6] See also
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.becpublishing.com/cart_file_download.php?product_id=14&download_id=30|title=Defence and Security|page=5|publisher=BEC Publishing|accessdate=25 November 2014}} {{Irish Army & Army Reserve}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.military.ie/reserve/news-events/single-view/article/30-november-2012-ceremonial-stand-down-parade-of-the-4th-western-brigade/?cHash=3a03b84dca5de5214889a73549dda4ba|title=Ceremonial stand down parade of the 4th WesternBrigade|accessdate=25 November 2014}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.military.ie/contact-us/|title=Irish Army - Contact Details - Custume Barracks |publisher=Irish Defence Forces|accessdate=15 May 2015}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.dublinpeople.com/article.php?id=4009 |title=Military Ceremony remembers fallen heroes |publisher=DublinPeople |date=1 September 2014 |accessdate=25 November 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927075611/http://www.dublinpeople.com/article.php?id=4009 |archivedate=27 September 2014 |df= }} 5. ^{{cite news|title=Waking up to a nuclear nightmare...|url=http://www.independent.ie/unsorted/features/waking-up-to-a-nuclear-nightmare-25908547.html|accessdate=29 October 2016|publisher=Irish Independent|date=31 July 2004}} 6. ^{{cite news|last1=De Breadun|first1=Deaglan|title=Memo reveals plans for nuclear bunker|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/memo-reveals-plans-for-nuclear-bunker-1.344168|accessdate=29 October 2016|publisher=The Irish Times|date=3 January 2003}} 2 : Barracks in the Republic of Ireland|Buildings and structures in Athlone |
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