The Royal Barracks in Dublin

The Royal Barracks was completed in 1704, and played a part in a number of Irish uprisings against British rule. Theobald Wolfe Tone, leader of the 1798 Rebellion was both court-martialled and imprisoned in the Royal Barracks. During the Easter Rising in 1916, soldiers based at the Royal Barracks fought against rebel positions along the Quays, at the Four Courts, and in the G.P.O.

The beautiful central courtyard of the Barracks is called Clarke Square, after Tom Clarke, signatory of the Proclamation, who was executed at Kilmainham Gaol on 3 May 1916 for his part in the Easter Rising.