The Barracks, Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland, 1909 (c)

Printed postcard, Ireland, 1909 (c).

The barracks at Tralee were originally built in the early 19th Century for Militia Regiments raised in County Kerry. In 1873 the Localisation Scheme for recruitment, meant that the barracks became the depot for the 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers) and the 104th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Fusiliers). The barracks were subsequently renamed Ballymullen Barracks. In 1881 the Regiments became the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Royal Munster Fusiliers, who continued to use the barracks until Irish independence in 1922.

From a collection of photographs relating to Francis Ambrose D'Oyly Goddard, Royal Munster Fusiliers.