Custume Barracks

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Custume Barracks

Dún Chostúim

Athlone, Ireland

Handover of Custume Barracks -The Bridge, Athlone.jpg
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


Coordinates
53°25′31″N 7°56′47″W / 53.42514°N 7.94649°W / 53.42514; -7.94649Coordinates: 53°25′31″N 7°56′47″W / 53.42514°N 7.94649°W / 53.42514; -7.94649
Type
Barracks
Site information
Operator
Republic of Ireland Irish Army
Site history
Built
1691
In use
1691-Present
Garrison information
Garrison
6th Infantry Battalion, Irish Army

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




Contents





  • 1 History

    • 1.1 Barracks


    • 1.2 Nuclear bunker



  • 2 See also


  • 3 References




History



Barracks


The barracks were completed in 1691. The barracks are named after a Sergeant Custume, who defended the bridge from the forces of King William III during the 1690 Siege of Athlone.[1] The barracks were taken over by forces of the Irish Free State in 1922 and served as the headquarters of 4th Western Brigade until the brigade was disbanded and is now part of 2 Brigade which is headquartered from Cathal Brugha Barracks in Dublin.[2] The barracks remains the home of 6th Infantry Battalion as the lead unit, and 2nd Brigade Artillery Regiment and detachments of 2 Engineer Company and the Medical Corps.[3][4]



Nuclear bunker


During the Cold War, there were contingency plans in place that, in the event of a nuclear exchange, cabinet ministers, senior civil servants and military advisers would use an underground nuclear bunker at Custume Barracks. The bunker was equipped with a command and control centre with communications equipment – which had a hotline to the British government in Whitehall – a map room pointing out important areas for protection, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom facilities to accommodate up to 100 persons.[5]


In 1968 a larger nuclear bunker, housing the Integrated National Control Centre (INCC), was planned for Athlone. This was planned to have capacity to accommodate and feed up to 300 people for a month, and allow the Government to continue in the event of a nuclear emergency. The Department of Defence and the Office of Public Works (OPW) drew up secret plans for a larger 20,000 square foot underground bunker to include operations rooms, message centre, broadcasting studio, kitchens, offices, committee rooms, sleeping accommodation and 100,000 gallons of uncontaminated drinking water. The plans for this new bunker never went ahead.[6]



See also


  • List of Irish military installations


References




  1. ^ "Defence and Security". BEC Publishing. p. 5. Retrieved 25 November 2014. 


  2. ^ "Ceremonial stand down parade of the 4th WesternBrigade". Retrieved 25 November 2014. 


  3. ^ "Irish Army - Contact Details - Custume Barracks". Irish Defence Forces. Retrieved 15 May 2015. 


  4. ^ "Military Ceremony remembers fallen heroes". DublinPeople. 1 September 2014. Archived from the original on 27 September 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014. 


  5. ^ "Waking up to a nuclear nightmare..." Irish Independent. 31 July 2004. Retrieved 29 October 2016. 


  6. ^ De Breadun, Deaglan (3 January 2003). "Memo reveals plans for nuclear bunker". The Irish Times. Retrieved 29 October 2016. 








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