This meant that the rector had to travel almost two miles from his home to his church in Forkhill on foot or on horseback. The outbreak of sectarian violence between the Peep o' Day Boys and the Catholic Defenders in the Mulllaghbane and Forkill areas in the 1780s and early 1790s meant that a new barracks was required to house a company of foot soldiers.
The rector had to travel approximately two miles from his home to his church in Forkhill, either on foot or by horseback. The conflict between the Peep o' Day Boys and the Catholic Defenders in the Mulllaghbane and Forkill regions during the 1780s and early 1790s required a new barracks for housing an infantry company.