Nov 18, 2018 · In Crossmaglen, the army has returned land to the local GAA club. The Cloughogue checkpoint on the outskirts of Newry that once controlled cross-border traffic is now a free-flowing road. And...

Nov 18, 2018 · In Crossmaglen, the army has returned land to the local GAA club. The Cloughogue checkpoint on the outskirts of Newry that once controlled cross-border traffic is now a free-flowing road....

Outside of South Armagh, the border is ringed with massive fortified military bases which serve as permanent vehicle checkpoints. These bases also have an operational role in terms of patrolling the border area.

Oct 10, 2023 · Repurposing of the ex-military barracks site in Forkhill has now been completed and a special event to mark the launch of the community open space took place on Friday, October 6.

May 5, 1994 · South Armagh, solidly nationalist, found itself within a unionist statelet. The border trailed along the old county boundaries along rivers and streams through houses and fields, splitting communities, separating farmers from their …

The following is a brief summarisation of the British Army / RUC Military Bases, Barracks, & Out Posts in the immediate South Armagh Area. All are heavily fortified with surveillance and infra red camera equipment.

May 9, 2003 · Work has started to remove the Cloghogue military installation after 15 years of watching over the south Armagh border. It survived rocket, bomb and gun attacks from the IRA but the...

Oct 22, 1998 · Between 2 and 2.30pm last Thursday a British army spotter plane flew over the area, crossing the border at least six times and flying as low as 25 feet. ``So low'', said Toni Carragher of the SAFRC, ``that people on the ground clearly saw the surveillance equipment on its undercarriage''.

Jan 23, 2002 · Hundreds of soldiers are being withdrawn from Northern Ireland and a main Army base is to close as part of the scaling down of security. Chief Constable Sir Ronnie Flanagan announced the closure of...

Dec 23, 2002 · These positions are in the "back line" of the British army's defensive structure in south Armagh. The seven front-line bases were to remain.