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This is a list of Irish military installations occupied by the Defence Forces (including Army, Air Corps, Naval Service and Reserve Defence Forces) in the Republic of Ireland by province and overseas. The Irish Defence Forces maintains approximately 20,000 acres of land for military training in the state. [1]
Smaller numbers of overseas military bases are operated by China, Iran, India, Italy, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates . The United States is the largest operator of military bases abroad, with 38 "named bases" [ note 1] with active duty, national guard, reserve, or civilian personnel as of September 30, 2014.
U.S. Naval Air Station Lough Foyle Ireland. U.S. Naval Air Station Wexford Ireland. U.S. Naval Air Station Whiddy Island Ireland. Categories: Military installations of Ireland. Military installations of the United States by country.
Aiken Barracks ( Irish: Dún Mhic Aogáin) is an army barracks located in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. The barracks was originally known as Dundalk Barracks and was renamed after Frank Aiken, a commander of the Irish Republican Army and an Irish politician. It is the current Headquarters of the 27 Infantry Battalion of the Irish Army .
The barracks, originally called New Barracks, were built on land leased from a Mr J.T. Monsell and were completed in 1795. [1] The barracks were handed over to the Irish Army following Irish Independence and renamed Sarsfield Barracks after Patrick Sarsfield, a Jacobite, in 1926. [2] The barracks remain in use and are currently the headquarters ...
Sarsfield Barracks. Strand Barracks. Categories: Military of the Republic of Ireland. Military installations of Ireland.
The AWM entered service in 2011. The Irish Army version is chambered for the .338 Lapua Magnum round. [ 3] Machine guns. FN MAG. Belgium. General-purpose machine gun. 7.62×51mm NATO. The FN MAG entered service in 1964 with the Defence Forces and is in use with all service branches and a number of Army Corps.
T. Fort Templebreedy. Categories: Military of Ireland. Military installations by country. Buildings and structures in Ireland by type.