Regiments Returned from Boer War to Victoria Barracks, Cork

Regiments Returned from Boer War to Victoria Barracks, Cork

Release date : 1902-05-22

Production country :

United Kingdom

Production company :

Mitchell & Kenyon

Status : Released

Durasi : 2 Min.

Popularity : 0.0071

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These slightly weary-looking soldiers, just back from South Africa, were perhaps only temporarily housed in their Cork barracks before a well-earned return home. Despite Irish misgivings, some 30,000 Irish soldiers fought in the Boer War. In a neat lesson in colonial history, the barracks were named after Queen Victoria in 1849 and rapidly re-named 'Collins Barracks' after Irish independence.