FORT DUNREE, DUNREE, INISHOWEN, CO. DONEGAL, IRELAND.
WALKING ON THE ROCKY BEACH AT FORT DUNREE MY CHILDREN FOUND AN OLD CANNONBALL. WE TOOK THIS TO MUSEUM WHICH THEY NOW DISPLAY.

FORT DUNREE WAS BUILT IN 1798.IT WAS REMODELED IN 1895 TO ACCOMMODATE THE LATEST ADVANCES IN WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY, AND WAS AN INTEGRAL LOOKOUT POINT DURING WORLD WARS I &amp; II. FORT DUNREE IS LOCATED ABOUT SEVEN MILES NORTH OF BUNCRANA IN THE INISHOWEN PENINSULA IN COUNTY DONEGAL. THE SITE IS SITUATED ALONG THE SHORES OF LOUGH SWILLY COMMANDING A MAJESTIC VIEW OF THE LOUGH AND ITS SHORELINES.
THE FORT STOOD GUARD DURING WORLD I WHILST ADMIRAL LORD JELLICOE’S FLEET ANCHORED IN LOUGH SWILLY PRIOR TO ENGAGING THE GERMAN NAVY AT THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND. CONTROL OF FORT DUNREE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE IRISH FREE STATE JUST BEFORE WORLD WAR II AND IRISH FORCES WERE STATIONED HERE TO PREVENT THE STATES AT WAR VIOLATING THE COUNTRY’S NEUTRALITY.
THE FORT DUNREE HERITAGE MUSEUM COMPLEX WAS OPENED TO THE PUBLIC IN 1986, AND HAS PROVIDED INTEREST FOR THE TOURISTS OF ALL AGES EVER SINCE. IT HAS ALSO BEEN A SOURCE OF GREAT PLEASURE AND REMINISCENCE FOR THOSE OF A MILITARY BACKGROUND, WHETHER HAVING SERVED AT THE POST OR JUST BEEN INVOLVED IN ITS MILITARY HISTORY.

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