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Locations of Martello Towers in Ireland

North Dublin                                 12                     South Dublin                        16

South East-Wexford                     3                     Cork Harbour                         6

Bere Island/ Ban try Bay            4                    Shannon Estuary                   -

Clare-Galway Coast                     3                     Shannon River                        2

Lough Swilly                                   1                     Lough Foyle                            2 

Support gun batteries and Forts were also to be built in addition to Martello Towers

and increased armaments provided at existing Signal Towers and Forts.

 North Dublin                                                          South Dublin

1.     Red Rock Sutton                                    1.      Bray Beach

2.     Howth Harbour                                        2.      Bray  Harbour

3.     Ireland’s Eye                                          3.     Bray Corke Abbey

4.     Carrickhill-Portmarnock                          4.     Bray Mahera Point

5.     Robswall   Malahide (Hick's Tower)            5.     Killiney/Shanganagh Cliffs  Battery only built

6.     Balcarrick  Donabate                               6.     Killiney Beach(Loughlinstown River)

7.     Portrane     Tower Bay                             7.     Killiney Hill

8.     Rush                                                      8.    Killiney/Ballybrack Limekiln Battery ..no Tower.

9.     Drumanagh   Rush                                  9.     Dalkey Island

10.  Shenick Island   Skerries                         10.    Bullock Harbour   (Harbour Road)

11.   Red Island  Skerries                              11.    Sandycove

12    Balbriggan                                                         12.   Glasthule/Dun Laoighaire

Martello Type Tower at  Millmount,                      13.   Dun Laoighaire Harbour

at Drogheda, Co.Louth                                 14.  Seapoint.   

                                                                 15.  Booterstown.(Williamstown)                                                        

                                                                 16.  Sandymount.     

 East Coast-Wexford                    Cork                                           Clare – Galway

      1.          Duncannon                      1.  Garinish Island                      1.      Finnevarra

2.          Duncannon                      2.  Haulbowline                           2.      Aughinish

3.          Baginbun                         3.  Ringaskiddy                            3.      Rossaveel

                                                        4.  Rossleague 

                                                                5.  Marino Point

                                                                 6.   Belvelly

  Bere Island                          Shannonbridge           Lough Swilly-Lough Foyle

1.     Ardagh                         1.    Banagher                Muckamish

2.     Clochlann                     2.    Meelick                    Magilligan

3.     Rerrin                                                        Greencastle

4.     Lonehart                     Shannon Estuary Fortifications also shown

7 of the South Dublin Towers and 2 on Bere have been demolished.                                

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