Sarsfield Barracks

Sarsfield Barracks, is an Irish Army Barracks in Limerick city.

It houses both Permanent and Reserve Defence Forces of the Irish Defence Forces.

Built in the late 18th Century (around 1795 when land acquired from J.T,. Monsell), the barracks was called New Barracks by the British Army and remained stationed there until the early 1920s.

Handed over following Irish independence, the barracks was named after Patrick Sarsfield, and is currently the Head Quarters of units of the Southern Brigade Reserve Defence Forces.

The barracks is surrounded by a stone walls and housing built (along Roden Street, Barracks Hill, Wolfe Tone Street) around or across from the walls.

There are three gates along the walls:


 * Roden Street Gate at Barracks Hill - closed
 * Scanlon Park and Sarsfield Park - wired mesh gate
 * Lord Edward Street - main gate