 The sprawling site of Ballykinlar Barracks was pressed into service as an internment camp during the Irish War of Independence in 1919.After the Partition of Ireland, the new Government of Northern Ireland continued to use the base for internment.There appear to have been attempts by those incarcerated to maintain a normal social structure within the confines of the camp and evidence exists of an orchestra and some examples of typical prisoner art are still available for viewing in museum collections in Ireland, including examples of humorous cartoons.