Where is the main training base and college for the land based Irish Army?
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Curragh Camp The Curragh Camp (Irish: "Campa an Churraigh" ) is an army base and military college located in The Curragh, County Kildare, Ireland. It is the main training centre for the Irish Army and is home to 2,000 military personnel.
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Irish Army The Irish Army, known simply as the Army (Irish: "an tArm" ), is the land component of the Defence Forces of Ireland. As of May 2016, approximately 7,300 men and women serve in the Irish Army, divided into two geographically organised brigades. As well as maintaining its primary roles of defending the State and internal security within the State, since 1958 the Army has had a continuous presence in peacekeeping missions around the world. The Army also participates in the European Union Battlegroups. The Air Corps and Naval Service support the Army in carrying out its roles.
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Connaught Rangers The Connaught Rangers ("The Devil's Own") was an Irish line infantry regiment of the British Army formed by the amalgamation of the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers) (which formed the "1st Battalion") and the 94th Regiment of Foot (which formed the "2nd Battalion") in July 1881. Between the time of its formation and Irish independence, it was one of eight Irish regiments raised largely in Ireland, its home depot in Galway. It was disbanded with the Partition of Ireland following establishment of the independent Irish Free State in 1922, along with the other five regiments that had their traditional recruiting grounds in the counties of the new state.
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HMAS Watson HMAS "Watson is a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) base on Sydney Harbour at South Head, near Watsons Bay in Sydney, New South Wales]], Australia. Commissioned in 1945 (after three years operating as HMAS "Radar), the base served as the RAN's radar training school. In 1956, torpedo and anti-submarine warfare training were relocated to the base, and by 2011, "Watson" was the main maritime warfare training base, as well as providing post-entry education for maritime warfare officers, training for combat system and electronic warfare sailors, and command training.
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Provisional IRA Belfast Brigade The Belfast Brigade of the Provisional IRA was the largest of the organisation's command areas, based in the city of Belfast. Founded in 1969, along with the formation of the Provisional IRA, it was historically organised into three battalions; the First Battalion based in the Andersonstown/Lenadoon/Twinbrook area of Southwest Belfast; the Second Battalion based in the Falls Road/Clonard/Ballymurphy district of West Belfast; and the Third Battalion organised in nationalist enclaves in the north (Ardoyne, New Lodge, Ligoniel), south (the Markets, Lower Ormeau) and east (Short Strand) of the city.
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National Defence College, Kenya The National Defence College, Kenya (NDCK), is a training facility for senior commanders in the Military of Kenya, including the army, navy, air force and special forces. Training is also availed to senior Kenyan civil servants and senior military officers from African countries and other continents.
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RAF Cluntoe RAF Cluntoe is a former Royal Air Force airfield located 1 mi west of Ardboe, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland and 8.4 mi east of Cookstown, County Tyrone.
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Attack on Ballygawley barracks On 7 December 1985 the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) attacked the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) base at Ballygawley, County Tyrone. Two RUC officers were shot dead and the base was raked with gunfire before being completely destroyed by a bomb, which wounded a further three officers.
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Coláiste Mhuire, Mullingar Saint Mary's College (Irish: Coláiste Mhuire ) is a voluntary secondary school located in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland. As the town's oldest post-primary school, it officially opened its doors to students in 1856. It is based partly in the Hevey Institute, and elsewhere in extensions which were built in the late 20th century. The school is a member of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust, which is a network of Catholic secondary schools in Ireland. It is primarily a boys' school, and has been since the day it opened, however, the repeat Leaving Certificate class is co-educational. The school is located adjacent to Cathedral of Christ the King, which opened in 1939 on the site of a former church and chapel, and a co-educational primary school. The school is also located across from the local Garda Síochána station serving the town of Mullingar, and the surrounding hinterland.
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RAAF College The Royal Australian Air Force College (commonly known as the RAAF College and abbreviated as RAAFCOL) is the Royal Australian Air Force training and education academy which is responsible for all the Air Force's initial, career development, promotion and leadership training. The RAAF College is headquartered at RAAF Base Wagga.
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Kickham Barracks Kickham Barracks (Irish: "Dún Chiceam") was a military installation in Clonmel, Ireland.
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Stephens Barracks Stephens Barracks (Irish: "Dún Mhic Stiofáin" ) is a military installation in Kilkenny, Ireland.
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Griffith Barracks Griffith Barracks (Irish: "Dún Uí Ghríofa") is a former military barracks located on the South Circular Road, Dublin, Ireland.
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Royal Hibernian Military School The Royal Hibernian Military School was founded in Dublin, Ireland, to educate orphaned children of members of the British armed forces in Ireland. In 1922 the Royal Hibernian Military School moved to Shorncliffe, in Folkestone, Kent, and in 1924 it was merged with the Duke of York's Royal Military School which last, by then, was in its current location atop 'Lone Tree Hill' above Dover Castle.
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Northern Regional College Northern Regional College (or NRC) is a third level educational institution in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The college has seven campuses around the north-east of Northern Ireland (County Antrim and eastern County Londonderry); Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine, Felden, Larne, Magherafelt and Newtownabbey. It also had a campus in Antrim but the Antrim campus has since closed
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Lews Castle College Lews Castle College (Scottish Gaelic: Colaisde a' Chaisteil ] , meaning literally "College of the Castle") is a further and higher education college in the Western Isles of Scotland. The main campus is in the grounds of Lews Castle, Stornoway. The College also has two learning centres in Benbecula and Barra. The College is part of the University of the Highlands and Islands.
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UCD Bowl The UCD Bowl is a rugby union and football stadium in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. It is the home ground of University College Dublin R.F.C. in the AIB All Ireland League and League of Ireland First Division side University College Dublin A.F.C.. It has also hosted training sessions for the Ireland national rugby union team and various touring international teams including the All Blacks.
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Garbally College St. Joseph's College, Garbally Park (Irish Coláiste Sheosaimh Naofa) is an Irish voluntary Catholic secondary school situated in Garbally Park, the former seat of the Earls of Clancarty, near Ballinasloe in County Galway. It is a single-sex boys day school which has previously served as a boarding school. It is more commonly known as Garbally College (Irish "Coláiste Ghearrbhaile").
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Mahon Road Barracks The Mahon Road Barracks were a military installtion in Portadown, Northern Ireland.
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Institute of Technology, Carlow The Institute of Technology, Carlow (IT Carlow) is one of the largest technology colleges in Ireland, with campuses in Carlow and Wexford and part-time provision elsewhere in the Republic.
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Thiepval Barracks Thiepval Barracks in Lisburn, County Antrim, is the headquarters of the British Army in Northern Ireland and its 38th (Irish) Brigade.
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Somme Barracks Somme Barracks is a military establishment situated on Glossop Road in Sheffield, England. The building is owned by the Ministry of Defence and serves as the base of the University of Sheffield Officers' Training Corps which is part of the Army Reserve. It is a Grade II listed building.