Name: Martello Tower on Garinish Island
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1. Italian Garden, Garnish Island loop from Glengarriff

1.26km

00:20

10m

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2. Italian Garden, Garnish Island loop from Glengarriff

6.24km

01:39

60m

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May 15, 2021

Can be climbed and offers a view all around.

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July 9, 2023

The Martello Tower on Garinish Island is one of 164 small circular fortifications built by the British Empire primarily between 1796 and 1814 at the time of the Napoleonic Wars. The name "Martello Tower" comes from a Genoese tower at Cape Mortella (Pointe Mortella) in Corsica, named after the myrtles (la mortella in Corsican) that grow there. The construction principle of the Martello towers in Menorca and the majority of towers in Ireland can be traced back to two Spanish coastal towers built in Menorca from 1785 to 1787, which the British copied and further developed in 1798 after their occupation of the island - the Torre d'Alcalfar and the Torre de Son Ganxo. The tower located here on Garinish Island should definitely be climbed, as it offers the best view over Glengarriff Bay.

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Location: Cork, Munster, Ireland

Martello Tower on Garinish Island

1. Italian Garden, Garnish Island loop from Glengarriff

2. Italian Garden, Garnish Island loop from Glengarriff

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