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Custume Barracks
Dún Chostúim
Athlone, Ireland
Soldiers marching across the bridge in Athlone prior to the handover of Custume Barracks
Custume Barracks is located in Ireland
Custume Barracks
Custume Barracks
Location within Ireland
Coordinates53°25′31″N 7°56′47″W / 53.42514°N 7.94649°W / 53.42514; -7.94649
TypeBarracks
Site information
OperatorRepublic of Ireland Irish Army
Site history
Built1691
In use1691 – present
Garrison information
Garrison6th Infantry Battalion, Irish Army

Custume Barracks (Irish: Dún Chostúim) is a military installation at Athlone in Ireland.

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Custume Barracks

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Custume Barracks (Irish: Dún Chostúim) is a military installation at Athlone in Ireland. The barracks were built originally as temporary accommodation...

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History of Athlone

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town's barracks occupies a large area of the west bank of the River Shannon. Athlone Barracks, named Victoria Barracks in 1837, was re-named Custume Barracks...

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Irish Air Corps

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Aeromedical Service for the National Ambulance Service based out of Custume Barracks in Athlone, providing an emergency patient airlift service from scenes...

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Continuity of government

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servants and military advisers would use an underground nuclear bunker at Custume Barracks in Athlone in the event of a nuclear exchange. The bunker was equipped...

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List of Irish military installations

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Executions during the Irish Civil War

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and still true to the Republic to the last'". "Five men executed in Custume Barracks during Civil War". Westmeath Independent. 19 January 2023. "14 more...

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Siege of Jadotville

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recognising the soldiers of "A" Company was erected on the grounds of Custume Barracks in Athlone in 2005. A commissioned portrait of Quinlan was installed...

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Connolly Barracks

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Army Ranger Wing

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Timeline of the Irish War of Independence

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Carrigtwohill RIC barracks. This is reported as the first "officially-sanctioned" attack on an RIC barracks. 6 January 1920: Drumlish RIC barracks in County Longford...

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Lancashire Fusiliers

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season, while deployed in Victoria Barracks, Belfast, and won the Army Cup in 1896-97 while deployed to Custume Barracks, Athlone. Burnham, Robert; McGuigan...

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Athlone

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in the town. Athlone is also a major Irish military centre, as the Custume Barracks, which lie on the west bank of the Shannon in the town, is the headquarters...

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HSE National Ambulance Service

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RT1200's. The Emergency Aeromedical Service is an air ambulance based at Custume Barracks in Athlone, jointly operated by airmen from No 3 Operations Wing of...

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Irish Defence Forces School of Music

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DFSM based in Athlone. It was formed in 1936 and has been located at Custume Barracks in Athlone ever since. The band was previously known as the Band of...

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Emergency Aeromedical Service

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Eurocopter EC135 aircraft and later on an AgustaWestland AW139, based at Custume Barracks in Athlone, Westmeath. It continued to operate beyond the initial trial...

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Military Star

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"Posthumous award of the Military Star to Private Patrick Kelly (RIP) Custume Barracks, Athlone 16 July 2012". Department of Defence. Retrieved 16 January...

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Timeline of the Irish Civil War

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Collins Barracks, Dublin. An elderly civilian is shot dead during a Post Office robbery in Monaghan town. 19 March – Free State troops of Custume Barracks, Athlone...

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