Ballinamult () is a hamlet in

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situated near the border with

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. It is in the historic Sliabh gCua district between the Comeragh and

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Ballinamult Barracks

The barracks was built by 1714 as it features on a map of that date by

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and it is described as a redoubt for twenty men. It was situated on a bluff on the East bank of the Finisk River guarding access to County Tipperary. In 1918, the garrison consisted of a Sergeant and three constables. Later on this was increased by a party of about a dozen soldiers.

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Townlands of County Waterford {{Waterford-geo-stub

Ballinamult Barracks

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