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Palace Barracks, Holywood is a British Army installation in Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. ==History== Palace Barracks occupies the site of a palatial house known as "Ardtullagh", the home of the Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore until it was bought by the UK War Office in 1886.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The History of the Culloden Estate and Spa )〕 In 1933, six children of Lance Corporal Harry Poole and his wife, Mary, lost their lives from asphyxiation following gas poisoning in the married quarters of the barracks.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Palace Barracks Memorial Garden )〕 During the roughly three decades of "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland, the barracks served as the home base for British army battalions rotating through the province, especially those on a two-year "accompanied" tour with their families. A wide variety of facilities are available for soldiers to use off duty, including a swimming pool, squash courts, saunas, bars and a gymnasium.〔("Army Base Palace Barracks," Domesday Reloaded, BBC website ).〕 Palace Barracks has been the Regimental Headquarters of the Royal Irish Regiment since 2008 and the home base of several squadrons of the 152 (Ulster) Transport Regiment (Volunteers). In March 2010, it was the site of a bombing,〔(Real IRA Claims Barracks Car Bomb Blast ) Sky News, 12 April 2010.〕 one of several attacks carried out by "hardline Republicans" in 2010; other attacks included the Newry car bombing.〔("Gardaí say dissidents no threat to Britain," ) Cormac O’Keeffe, ''Irish Examiner'', 18 September 2010.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Palace Barracks, Holywood」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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