The barracks: John McGahern Garda station to reopen as museum The Cootehall barracks where he slept as a boy is now a vibrant community facility
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The former Cootehall garda station, with Tom Inglis peering through the window. Photograph: Brian Farrell
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The former cell at the barracks in Cootehall, Co Roscommon, is now a unisex toilet. The upstairs “married quarters”, where John McGahern; his father, Frank, who was a Garda sergeant; and his six siblings slept is a freshly painted suite of meeting rooms, alongside a remote working hub with three hotdesks.