Templer House was the original name of a high-rise flat (apartment) building in the New Lodge neighbourhood of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Now called Maeve House,[1] it was well known as a British Army observation post during The Troubles.[2] The post included high-technology observation devices such as electronic monitoring equipment, cameras and night vision.[3]

The location of the outpost provoked demonstrations against it by the Irish Republican community.[4]

As with most high-rise flats in the area, Templer House was named in honour of a senior British Army officer, namely Field Marshal Gerald Templer.

References

  1. ↑ 'New Lodge Flats'. Extramural Activity, undated. Retrieved 6 December 2023
  2. ↑ James Dingley (13 October 2008). Combating Terrorism in Northern Ireland. Routledge. pp. 208–. ISBN 978-1-134-21046-6.
  3. ↑ Martin Dillon (14 October 2011). The Trigger Men: Assassins and Terror Bosses in the Ireland Conflict. Mainstream Publishing. pp. 46–. ISBN 978-1-78057-376-2.
  4. ↑ Fortnight. Fortnight Publications, Limited. 1994. p. 91.


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