Married quarters at the Royal Field Artillery Barracks, Kildare, Co. Kildare
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| In collection: | Eason Photographic Collection |
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[between ca. 1906-1922].
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| Notes: | Research by our Flickr Commons users established that these were Married Quarters for the Royal Field Artillery in Kildare Barracks, that was renamed Magee Barracks in 1938. The curved porch roof features survive on some of the houses on what is now Magee Terrace in Kildare Town. Women were subject to very stringent inspection and conditions before being allowed to enter married quarters, and subject to close surveillance thereafter. A newspaper article from 1900 described how “Mrs. Tommy herself is watched over with a more than fatherly care by the colonel, adjutant, quartermaster, doctor, and quartermaster-sergeant, to say nothing of a small army of brigade and divisional officials and inspectors”. Additional information about this photograph is available on the National Library of Ireland's Flickr Commons photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/51028336286/ Physical description: 1 negative : glass ; 31 x 25.5 cm or smaller Geographic Coverage: Kildare, County Kildare, Province of Leinster, Ireland. more |
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