Clancy Quay is a residential development of houses and apartments in

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, Ireland. The development and surrounds originally housed an

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, known as Islandbridge Barracks and later Clancy Barracks, before closing in 1998. The Clancy Quay development includes

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s from the original barracks converted into residences, as well as new

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. In 2021 it was the largest private rental complex in

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with over 845 units.

Barracks

The Islandbridge Barracks was established in 1798. Samuel Lewis' ''Topological Dictionary of Ireland'' in 1837 described it as follows: The

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left the Islandbridge Barracks on 14 December 1922, following the establishment of the

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, and the barracks was handed over to the

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. It was renamed Clancy Barracks after

Peadar Clancy Peadar Clancy ( ga, Peadar Mac Fhlannchadha; 9 November 1888 – 21 November 1920) was an Irish republican who served with the Irish Volunteers in the Four Courts garrison during the 1916 Easter Rising and was second-in-command of the Dubli ...

in 1942.

Redevelopment

The Irish Army closed Clancy Barracks in 1998, and the State sold the premises to David Kennedy's Florence Properties in 2002. The redevelopment plan was approved in 2006. In this time period, the former barracks also functioned as a major counting centre for the ''Pennies from Heaven'' appeal, which asked people across Ireland to donate old and foreign coinage, which was then sorted by volunteers. Over 7 million euro was donated, benefiting 11 charities. Over 120,000 euro was stolen in a raid, but partly recovered thereafter. Kennedy lost the project during the

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bust, with the partially-completed development eventually being acquired by US-based

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and

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in 2013. The third and final phase of construction was completed in 2020.

Popular culture

The area was a popular

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until redevelopment, including the film ''

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'' (released 2005) and TV series' ''

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'' and '' Quirke'' (filming in 2012–2013).

Barracks

Redevelopment

Popular culture

References

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