St Lucia Barracks, Omagh



St Lucia Barracks, Omagh is a former military base in Omagh, Northern Ireland.

The War Department (now the Ministry of Defence) leased the 5 acre and twenty seven perches from a prominent family on 10 April 1875 for sixty pounds per annum. The lease ran for 999 years or until the War Department/MOD ceased to use for military purposes or sublet, assigned the premises for use other than military. The original lease is still held by the now MOD and copy held with the Archdale family (per copy of lease between Member of Archdale family and Secretary Dept of war).

The base was the subject of a botched proxy bomb attack on 24 October 1990, when the main charge of the bomb failed to explode. The barracks closed in 2007 as part of the demilitarisation of Northern Ireland according to the Belfast Agreement. Eventually, an environmentally friendly PSNI station was built on the grounds next to the existing St Lucia barracks site in 2010.