1806 – Barracks, Fermoy, Co. Cork
Architect: Abraham Addison Hargrave
John Anderson, a Scottish merchant, settled in Cork and in 1797 bought the Fermoy estate.
John Anderson, a Scottish merchant, settled in Cork and in 1797 bought the Fermoy estate.
Constructed to replace an earlier barracks in Barrack Green, and destroyed by Anti Treaty Forces in August 1922 during the Irish Civil War.
Similar to many others across the country, with long two-storey ranges of accommodation facing onto the parade square. As was the norm,
Built between 1809 and 1812 at the instigation of Lawrence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse, who had supported the need to build military barracks within a few hours’ march of the River Shannon.
Constructed on the site of Drogheda House, the house occupied by the Earl of Drogheda.