Finner Camp () is a military installation near
Ballyshannon
Ballyshannon () is a town in County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is located at the southern end of the county where the N3 road (Ireland), N3 from Dublin ends and the N15 road (Ireland), N15 crosses the River Erne. The town was inc ...
in
Ireland
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.
History
The barracks, which were built on a site known for its
megalithic tombs,
were completed in 1890. Following the
Anglo-Irish Treaty
The 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty (), commonly known in Ireland as The Treaty and officially the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty Between Great Britain and Ireland, was an agreement between the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain an ...
the barracks were handed over to the forces of the
Irish Free State
The Irish Free State (6 December 192229 December 1937), also known by its Irish-language, Irish name ( , ), was a State (polity), state established in December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921. The treaty ended the three-ye ...
in 1922.
[ In the Second World War, it was close to the Donegal Corridor. In August 1969 there was false speculation in the media that ]Taoiseach
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Jack Lynch would use the barracks to launch an invasion of Northern Ireland
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with the aim of protecting the Catholic community there. The barracks are now the home of 28th Infantry Battalion, Irish Army
The Irish Army () is the land component of the Defence Forces (Ireland), Defence Forces of Republic of Ireland, Ireland.The Defence Forces are made up of the Permanent Defence Forces – the standing branches – and the Reserve Defence Forces. ...
.
See also
* List of Irish military installations
This is a list of Irish military installations occupied by the Defence Forces (Ireland), Defence Forces (including Irish Army, Army, Irish Air Corps, Air Corps, Irish Naval Service, Naval Service and Reserve Defence Forces) in the Republic of Ire ...
References
{{Irish Army & Army Reserve
Barracks in the Republic of Ireland
Buildings and structures in County Donegal
Irish military bases