An Accident at Victoria Barracks

An Accident at Victoria Barracks

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Details

Location

Belfast, New Lodge

Year

1964

Date

Production 27/08/1964

Length

13sec

Audio

mute

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

A crane toppled over during the demolition of Victoria Barracks in north Belfast. 

Notes

Victoria Barracks, in the New Lodge area of Belfast, were completed just before the Irish Rebellion in 1798. The barracks became the depot for the 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot and the 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot. Following the Childers Reforms, the 83rd and 86th regiments amalgamated to form the Royal Irish Rifles with its depot in the barracks in 1881. A major extension was built between 1880 and 1881 to accommodate the extra troops. 

 

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.

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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