A working army barracks in Cork whose military museum holds the largest collection of Michael Collins' personal belongings, including the diary he carried on the day he was killed.
Housed in the Old Guard Room (c. 1806), just inside the old Main Gate, the museum tells the story of the barracks, the Defence Forces and General Michael Collins, with military uniforms from the 1800s to the present day.
The star attraction: Collins' great coat, two revolvers, War of Independence medal, rosary beads and the personal diary he had with him on 22 August 1922, the day he was killed. Donated by his nephew in 1993.
Exhibits cover Ireland's UN peacekeeping history, from the 32nd Battalion's 1960 deployment to the Congo through to today's overseas missions.
Artillery pieces and armoured vehicles sit outside on the barracks grounds, including a 16th-century cannon, and the museum's glass front overlooks the working parade ground.
Built 1801-1806 as a British garrison staging post for the Napoleonic, Crimean, Zulu, Boer and First World Wars, handed to the IRA in 1922 and visited by President John F. Kennedy in 1963.
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