Naas Barracks, County Kildare
6-Inch Index Map, Ordnance Survey of Ireland
Schematic Plan
From a plan of Naas Barracks by Captain S.M. Maycock, Royal Engineers, corrected to January 1886. Printed at the School of Military Engineering, Chatham. Reviewed May 23, 1905 by Colonel E. Dickinson, Commanding Engineer, Irish Command.
1 | Cookhouse | 7 | Bath House: Soldiers | |
2 | Stores | 8 | Ground Level: Library Upper Level: Sergeants' Lounge | |
3 | Stable | 9 | Ground Level: School Room Upper Level: Sergeants' Mess | |
4 | Latrine: Women and Children | 10 | Sergeant-Major's Quarters | |
5 | Bath House: Women | 11 | Quartermaster Sergeant's Quarters | |
6 | Workshops |
Clock TowerMorris Tube Shooting Range
A Morris Tube was a narrow-bore barrel that fit into the barrel of a rifle with a wider bore. This allowed soldiers to practice shooting their weapon but using a smaller caliber bullet. The Morris Tube accommodated .22 caliber ammunition while the infantry rifle of the time, the magazine-loading Lee-Enfield, used .303 caliber ammunition. The lower caliber, lower charged practice rounds were cheaper than the .303 rounds, were safe to use on short rifle ranges (such as the ones in barracks), and produced a low-recoil shot. Low recoil helped recruits become accustomed to firing their weapon and facilitated the acquisition of marksmanship.
The Morris Tube was invented by Richard Morris of Morris's Aiming and Sighting Tool Company. It was first manufactured for the .45 caliber Martini-Henry rifle, the standard rifle of the British infantry prior to the Lee-Enfield.
n/ Website of The Martini-Henry Society, www.martinihenry.org.
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