An Túr Faire (19th Century Tower)
This tower is an example of the Napoleonic towers. These were built around the Irish coast in the beginning of the 19th century in …

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July 31, 2024

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Stuart Rathbone (Inisheer Signal Station, County Galway, 2022-11-04):
irishsignalstations.wordpress.com/2017/03/01/inisheer-signal-station-county-galway

The Irish Times (“Ireland's Napoleonic-era signal towers”, 2022-10-15):
irishtimes.com/news/environment/ireland-s-napoleonic-era-signal-towers-1.1253929
“Ireland’s Napoleonic-era signal towers were central players in an early-19th-century communication system… 81 stations proposed in the 1804-6 plans …”
University College Cork (The Napoleonic-era signal towers, 2022-10-15):
ucc.ie/en/archaeology/research/projects/signaltowers
Stuart Rathbone (The Irish Signal Stations, 2022-11-04):
irishsignalstations.wordpress.com
arcgis.com/apps/Viewer/index.html?appid=de457106157e427f80e2711fc092b03e

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November 4, 2022

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3. MV Plassy Shipwreck – O'Brien's Castle (Dún Formna) loop from Inisheer

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