Connolly Barracks, Longford.

The War Office acquired the site, which originally consisted of a castle and a market house, from Thomas Pakenham, 1st Baron Longford in 1774 and established military facilities there in the late 18th century.[1] The main barrack building was designed by John Behan in the classical style and construction was completed in 1815.[2] The barracks were handed over to the Irish Free State in February 1922 and were renamed Connolly Barracks after Sean Connolly, an Irish republican.[1] The barracks served as the home of the 4th Cavalry Squadron from 1972 until the squadron moved to Custume Barracks on the closure of the barracks in January 2009.[1] The site was purchased by Longford County Council in 2012.[3]