The Glencree Visitor Center with the old barracks to the right

This area started out being a British army barracks to house the men who were sent there to try to suppress the Irish rebels after the rebellion of 1798. Then it was turned into a boys reformatory in the 1850s which closed in 1940. After that, it was used to house German prisoners of war in WWI & WWII.

 

Here is a link to the web site:

 

glencree.ie/visitor-centre/

 

 

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