Victoria Barracks, Belfast

Victoria Barracks was a military installation in New Lodge, Belfast in Northern Ireland.

History
The barracks were completed just before the Irish Rebellion in 1798. A major extension was built between 1880 and 1881 to accommodate the depot of the Royal Irish Rifles. The barracks were named “Victoria Barracks” following the death of Queen Victoria in 1901. The Royal Ulster Rifles moved to St Patrick's Barracks in 1937. The barracks were bombed and badly damaged by the Luftwaffe during the Second World War and fell into a complete state of disrepair in the 1950s before being finally demolished in the early 1960s. Some of the officers’ houses are still in use as private housing, the Sergeants’ Mess is now a social centre known as “the Recy” but most of the site is now occupied by the “Artillery Flats”.