 The barracks were temporarily secured by the Irish Republican Army in 1922 but then handed over to the forces of the Irish Free State.They were then renamed Kickham Barracks after Charles Kickham, the Irish Poet.After a period of disuse, they were rebuilt as a base for the Irish Army between 1942 and 1945 and they then remained in use, latterly as the home of the 12th Infantry Battalion, until they closed in March 2012.