Disused Army Village, Northern Ireland

[@cherylgilmour9318]

I used to live in the end house on the left just before the naafi/spar on nightingale road End of 2001-2003 PWO brings back so many memories !!

[@Hitngan]

Thx I used to live there when I was a kid in 68 to 70. Lovely childhood memories.

[@chrismac7509]

Minarchist 412 had a great childhood there in the 90’s too

[@Joshula]

@@chrismac7509 I also had a great childhood on a British army barracks in NI in the 90's.. beautiful country.

[@chrismac7509]

It may of been a sheltered place but there was so much to do especially for the children, I got to visit a few barracks in my time over there.

[@Joshula]

Absolutely, we had woodland and a park with a helter skelter slide. The fact we were on a secured estate meant we could stay out late in the summer/outside of school time. It really was a great childhood. I remember my time at Ballykelly primary school well!

[@angiewinton5171]

Lived here from 97 as Rmy wife loved it here even saw my old house

[@sandi2761]

Lisanelly barracks. Lived on Teal Road from 03-05.

[@clivesproule2342]

Lisanelly Omagh it used to be party central. Most houses got new kitchens and oil heating not long before the camp emptied.

[@markscott554]

I was a kid in Lisburn from '78 to '80 and went to Harmony Hill school. I still remember walking through the security gate everyday to/from school. In about '76 I was in Ballykinler. In Germany also (Blackwatch in Werl) the army base was simply left to rot. All that infrastructure just abandoned - crazy.

[@lejamisjammy7344]

Harmony hill primary school?!?! I was in there

[@markscott554]

@@lejamisjammy7344 Cool. What year? Sadly, I don't recall any teacher's name. Were you local or army?

[@lejamisjammy7344]

@@markscott554 army, 2 rifles

[@lejamisjammy7344]

@@markscott554 p6

[@markscott554]

@@lejamisjammy7344 Ah, so did you live on 'the patch' beside Thiepval? I always remember it well because the layout of my area meant that they had houses in the corners! I've never seen them since. At the front the house seemed tiny, but at the back it seemed huge - and we had the biggest garden.

[@seanmcneill8899]

Great video man and the music choice was spot on😎

[@theboytheycalljonny1]

"Look around; choose your own ground..." The lyrics were made for it :)

[@lewfrazer6734]

Was the training depot for the Inniskilling Fusiliers and Irish Fusiliers pre 1968 ,St Lucia Barracks / Lisanelly Camp

[@___10000]

I spent three months working there in 2010, great spot, quite eerie at times too.

[@nathan-ql5vh]

would the inniskillers at the some have lived here trained here? is this lisburn

[@lewfrazer6734]

@@nathan-ql5vh No mate , This is down in Omagh about 60mls from Lisburn

[@ronniethompson2679]

4/7th royal dragoon guards where there about 1968

[@lewfrazer6734]

@@ronniethompson2679 Yes , from 68' on the trainning depot for the North Irish Brigade after the amalgamation of the Skinns , Stikies and Faugh's Regt's was St Patricks Bks , Ballymena

[@allykitten2003]

I used to live here when I was 6 years old good and bad memories

[@ronniethompson2679]

i lived there also when my dad was in the army

[@juicy4083]

I lived there too, about 15 years ago!

[@Elrosso85]

@@juicy4083 i was based there 15 years ago!

[@theresagreen790]

Caroline, what years were you there? Think we was there 1990-93.

[@allykitten2003]

@@theresagreen790 I’m pretty certain it was 1990-1992 somewhere between this time period

[@grahamkeithtodd]

gutted...spent 19 months there back in 1979-1980

[@kilburncounty]

Looks like the Holyland on a Wednesday night

[@shaundurkin1262]

So many great memories of that place!!!!

[@janetblack5181]

why the hell don't they fix them so street people would have homes - what a damn waste

[@theboytheycalljonny1]

The land was redeveloped for educational purposes, thankfully. This was pre demolition. Most of the raw materials were recycled.

[@WARGAMINGLIVE]

We don't have street people in Ballykelly

[@raftonpounder6696]

@@WARGAMINGLIVE it’s not Ballykelly.

[@KaptainKlunk1]

Janet's a labour voter 🤣

[@janefriel6895]

Great music choice.

[@rubydawn1]

I dont understand why did they not turn it into housing

[@bwasson1.0]

This may be four years late but do you know about the troubles?

[@rubydawn1]

@@bwasson1.0 I do

[@JohnMcMahon.]

Think it’s still owned by the MOD.

[@liamg1706]

It's already houses

[@rubydawn1]

@@liamg1706 hopefully affordable housing.

[@tora_bates7183]

I remember I lived there so many memories

[@amcg6076]

Do you know why it was abandoned?

[@Diesel8290]

AMCG the army was disbanded as the government seen the there was no use for the Army barracks in Omagh anymore

[@Jademyheart]

Good Upload Great music 👌

[@TheWizardOfTheFens]

What a shameful waste. This was all built with taxpayers money - my money - and left to decay....there is such a shortage of housing I just can’t understand why they never left them to be occupied by civilians. The naafi supermarket, pool, houses, workshops everything could and should have been reused.

[@noscopethepope1795]

I've been here I was on a trip to ballykindler and we had to bike through here it really is abandoned so spooky

[@suzannewebb7913]

No scope we were there in 1984/5

[@ritagordon7028]

Lived here when RAF married quarters, 1962. Son born in 12 Neptune road.

[@sophielye657]

My father was born here in 1960 my grandfather live on anson road I'm currently doing a little research on him and what the barracks was like back then! If you have any photos or information you could share that would be incredible

[@burkey8677]

The housing in Portadown Army Barracks were given a facelift and sold off for the public to use, such a waste to see this area being flattened. No doubt further down the road good land was torn up to build new houses

[@theboytheycalljonny1]

It's now a school.

[@burkey8677]

theboytheycalljonny1 That’s good, at least they done something useful with the land then instead of leaving it rotting away to nothing or using it as waste land

[@XDSENSISBIGGESTHATER]

​@@burkey8677All they did was flatten the land for the school. There was no school ever built there yet and probably won't be build.

[@daveberry2177]

hey i stayed there and you could get hold of fray bentos stake and kidney pies. ps great music

[@1953PE]

I was stationed there in 1971 Lisanelly camp Omagh

[@jadesheldon3686]

I used to live here 😁

[@lejamisjammy7344]

Same

[@pauljones-gt3fn]

I was born there in 1975 😲

[@wolfetone6766]

Looks like it was looted for copper lol

[@blaineyboyproductions1086]

They should open this place up for airsoft

[@jamiestrachan5198]

Where is this would like to visit

[@szymongorczynski7621]

@@jamiestrachan5198 It's been flattened and a school has been built there. Omagh, County Tyrone

[@Irishandream1]

Where is this? Be great for a movie set

[@theboytheycalljonny1]

It's since been redeveloped.

[@hugolloyd940]

Could it not be used for referees and you could keep them up there

[@Alilyal]

1.19 I used to live in that house by the fence 😱

[@calgarri606]

i was there today there now abandoned and destroyed

[@roryhall5199]

i used to live there something would always break

[@petebreslin5240]

Is that Omagh , Christ the King in the back ground I think ?

[@theboytheycalljonny1]

Yes.

[@ivorlongshot]

Yep Lisanelly

[@Avirfy]

Can you go there because me and my dad wanna know

[@johnshooter4763]

where?

[@michaelmccormack5309]

1.46 Lived on that street early 90,s

[@purtlemoirrey1161]

This site has been redeveloped

[@crazyade9556]

Was ther 92/93 2(1) RGJ

[@sonyagriffin8063]

They are gone now taken down awhile ago

[@johnallen7807]

Just one of many yet we have hundred of homeless servicemen, it makes no sense!

[@ravikantkamboj502]

SR you are from Belfast

[@jameshyndman5326]

Where is it

[@bobbykendall9533]

Anybody know what happened to the R.A.F houses of Ballykelly.

[@theboytheycalljonny1]

Most of the houses have been sold as private dwellings as far as i know.

[@bobbykendall9533]

@@theboytheycalljonny1 Thanks that's good news.

[@saulpaulsaul3378]

Apparently they found an underground tunnel full of dirt nappies 💩

[@Boo-n3g]

They have these all over north ireland, surely the government could invest into these and restore them considering the shortage of housing.

[@pemy8629]

Not disused for much longer introducing the strike shared education campus coming to omagh

[@elainewright3555]

guess who is coming here

[@robinlinstrom6768]

Housing in Ballykinler all gone now.

[@suzannewebb7913]

We stationed in Ballykinler 1984/5

[@davidsmith2356]

They’ve only just moved out then.

[@townhillboy.8648]

I could have swore this was palace barracks County Down. I stayed there and went to school 1975-76

[@nolanstaveley-haynes2129]

It's in Omagh

[@nupsywarbler1784]

@@nolanstaveley-haynes2129 This is County down! Ballykinler

[@davideldred.campingwilder6481]

Yeah, me too. 82-83 Especially the pool bit. However, I also lived in one in Berlin Kladow and then Colchester. They all kinda look the same. I did revisit them three years ago, they still stand...

[@rafaelherwig]

Can you tell, maybe private message, where this is. We are staying in NI in two weeks. like to visit this place

[@theboytheycalljonny1]

The space has since been flatted and redeveloped as a school.

[@Idontcare-go4os]

It's in omagh

[@williammccormick2903]

@@theboytheycalljonny1 I done the demolition in there and ballykelly and Moscow army camp in Belfast. Small world.

[@Abandoned_Urbex_ni]

@@williammccormick2903 is the buildings at ballykelly all gone

[@williammccormick2903]

@@Abandoned_Urbex_ni as far as I know yes....apart from the hanger at the bottom of the camp right hand side..

[@irenestephenson8721]

They could be sold of so someone could put use to them

[@DronePilotKF1909]

Cooles video 👍Abo hast du 👍👍👍

[@Irishandream1]

Where is this located ?

[@ericmccomb0369]

Lisburn, Northern Ireland.

[@szymongorczynski7621]

@@ericmccomb0369 No, it's Omagh

[@davygraham7133]

Lisanelly British army base, Omagh

[@Jrichards30]

Lisanelly barracks omagh

[@elizabethodoherty1873]

Where is this?

[@theboytheycalljonny1]

+Elizabeth Odoherty It was an old army barracks in Omagh. It's since been flattened to make way for a schools.

[@klairemartin7379]

theboytheycalljonny1 were abouts in omagh? i am from there and think i seen a little into it opposite the grange Although im not sure

[@4YaPloNo1]

behind the new police station on derry rd

[@theboytheycalljonny1]

Yes.

[@Idontcare-go4os]

@@theboytheycalljonny1 some of it is still there for the army cadet force

[@ignatiaus3819]

Lmfao I read " disguised " not disused it would have been more interesting tho

[@gawtehmc1427]

Same hun

[@belfastsoul8863]

Ya cant beat pink Floyd

[@micko6393]

Could be put to better use...

[@theboytheycalljonny1]

It's since been redeveloped as a school.

[@leeleelee0054]

Did this place ever get attacked by the ira

[@nupsywarbler1784]

yep

[@jimjones8208]

Propaganda for Gerry

[@marczero16]

Where is this?

[@marczero16]

Where is this?