Fort Dunree (Irish: An Dún Riabhach, meaning 'Grey Fort' or Dún Fhraoigh meaning "Fort of Heather") is a coastal defence fortification located on the west...
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such as Dunree Beach, Dunree Lighthouse (which was built in the 1870s), and Fort Dunree. Fort Dunree is a military museum located on Dunree Head about...
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living on the edge. Fort Dunree Military Museum is located at the site of the former coastal defence and fortification at Fort Dunree. During the Napoleonic...
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Anglo-Irish Treaty until its final handing over at Fort Dunree in 1938. According to exhibits at Fort Dunree, during World War II Irish troops operated the...
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Swilly Isle of Doagh Carrickabraghy Castle Shrove Fort Dunree Buncrana Grianán of Aileach (Greenan Fort) Ramelton Rathmullan Fanad Rosguill Doe Castle Derryveagh...
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Fort Dunree in County Donegal (55°11′48.26″N 7°33′10.95″W / 55.1967389°N 7.5530417°W / 55.1967389; -7.5530417) on 3 October 1938 as follows: FORTS...
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completed between 1812 and 1813. On the other side of the Lough is Fort Dunree. The fort was built on the site of a temporary fortification first built in...
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tools and equipment, folk life exhibits Fort Dunree Buncrana Donegal Ulster Border Military Mostly 19th-century fort with military memorabilia and displays...
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with seven reproductions and a lengthy appraisal. A 2008 exhibition at Fort Dunree, County Donegal, is his artistic response to the Ten New Songs album...
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2021-07-20. Staff Reporter. "Gallery: 1917 Laurentic tragedy marked at Fort Dunree". www.donegallive.ie. Retrieved 2022-05-22. Flynn, Pat. "Canada and Ireland...
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Newhaven Fort, Sussex, UK A gun mounted on the 1904 coast defence emplacement at New Tavern Fort, Gravesend, UK 2 coast defence Mk 7 guns at Fort Dunree, Lough...
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the command of Lt-Col Harold Kinsman and went to its war station at Fort Dunree on Lough Swilly. In October it was moved into Ludden Camp at Buncrana...
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(commanding officer since 29 September 1909) and went to its war station at Fort Dunree on Lough Swilly. In September it was moved to Londonderry. The battalion...
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Training Camp was opened in Straid, just outside the village. Leenan and Dunree Forts were also nearby. During the War of Independence, in July 1921, railway...
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headland jutting into the channel is the strategically prominent Duncannon Fort which dominates the village. Primarily a fishing village, Duncannon also...
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(“Balor's Fort”) is located on the island's eastern side, on a peninsula surrounded on three sides by 90-metre-high (295-foot) cliffs. The fort is accessible...
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Irish chieftain Cearmna. It was originally named Dún Cearmna (Cearmna's fort). The land was given to Milo de Cogan by King Henry II. Following de Cogan's...
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Lough Swilly 1876/2009 6 m (20 ft) 11 m (36 ft) 13 nmi (24 km) Dunree Lighthouse Dunree 55°11′53″N 7°33′14″W / 55.198°N 7.554°W / 55.198; -7.554 Donegal...
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the tower is located next to a Napoleonic era signal tower with the Ring fort of Dún Eochla nearby. Visitors have found the compound and tower open. List...
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following sites on the island are designated as National Monuments: Creggankeel Fort (NM 41.01) Grave of the Seven Daughters (NM 41.02) St. Gobnet's Church (NM...
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establishments in Leenan and Dunree. The latter fort was first established during the Napoleonic wars. Both Leenan and Dunree were used to guard the entrance...
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Dunbeacon Mill Stone, Brahalish Promontory fort, Coolcoulaghta (Celtic Iron Age, 600 BC - 400 AD) Ring forts, Ballycomane, Brahalish, Clonee, Drumtahaneen...
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times, and the few remaining signs of early settlement include a promontory fort to the south of the island and shell middens dotted along the beaches. Its...
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in a premature explosion of an incendiary device at the McCool home at Dunree Gardens, Creggan, Derry. McCool's two young daughters, Carol Ann (4) and...
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including a now destroyed group at a cairn at Killycolman near Rathmullan. Ring forts (Cashels) and ornately carved stonework are features of Iron Age Donegal...
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Empire, our liberties and our independence." Irish troops took over the forts of Dunree and Leenan on Lough Swilly, ending 247 years of British military presence...
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the Spit Bank. Located in a relative shallow between Spike Island and Cove Fort, the lighthouse replaced an unlit buoy which marked a turn required by shipping...
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823 Tirhugh Inishmacsaint Ballyshannon Dunnaloob 36 Raphoe Urney Strabane Dunree 212 Inishowen West Desertegny Inishowen Dunross 604 Inishowen East Clonca...
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in cattle, and supplied meat until 1916 for the British Royal Navy fort at Dunree. Joseph's mother Rose O'Doherty (née McLaughlin) inspired him to become...
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the Irish War of Independence Lough Swilly and the accompanying forts at Leenan and Dunree were considered to be one of the three Treaty Ports specified...
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