British soldiers marching out of a barracks

We end this week with another interesting photo from the Hogan Wilson Collection. At first reading the above description from the archives begs two questions, which barracks? and why were they marching out? I would add another, which regiment did they belong to?

Happy Friday!

On balance and after considering all the comments below I am happy to declare the following. The Location is Portobello Barracks, Rathmines, Dublin 6 and more specifically it is at the canal gate. The reason they were marching out was because they had just handed over the barracks to the Dublin Guards:

The Worchestershire (sic) Regiment marched out of the canal gate, while Commandant General Tom Ennis, Colonel Commandant Thornton and a unit of the Dublin Guards marched in the main gate from Beggars Bush Barracks with General Eoin O'Duffy taking the salute. www.military.ie/en/info-centre/defence-forces-museums/cat...

The officer in front is most probably Major Clarke (see below)

The date is possibly 17 May 1922.

Portobello Barracks was later renamed Cathal Brugha Barracks in 1952.

Thank you for all the comments.

Photographer: W. D. Hogan

Collection: Hogan Wilson Collection

Date: Possibly 17 May 1922

NLI Ref.: HOG63

You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie

No known copyright restrictions

Taken in: Ireland / Dublin / Dublin / Rathmines (show map)

Taken on: January 1, 1922

Tags:

Hogan-Wilson Collection

National Library of Ireland

Soldiers

Military

Barracks

Marching

Portobello Barracks

Rathmines

Dublin 6

Dublin

Leinster

Canal Gate. Dublin Guards

1922

War of Independence

The Worcestershire Regiment

The Worchestershire Regiment

Commandant General Tom Ennis

Colonel Commandant Thornton

Beggars Bush Barracks

General Eoin O'Duffy

Cathal Brugha Barracks

Major Clarke

17th May 1922

Alternate History

Lt Col B R Roche

Benjamin Robert Roche

William David Hogan

W.D. Hogan « less

Sets appears in: • Barracks of Ireland • Irish War of Independence

Groups appears in: • Ireland • For the Love of Ireland more » • Ireland - Country wide shots. « less

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