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The Irish Times (“Work to restore Éire sign from second World War begins at Howth Head”, 2021-04-05):
irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/work-to-restore-eire-sign-from-second-world-war-begins-at-howth-head-1.4529107
Tim Schmelzer (LOOKOUT POST, LOP 6 Howth Head, 2022-11-12): lookoutpost.com/projections/lop6-howth-head
lookoutpost.com/fromabove/lop6-howth-head
November 1, 2022
The Royal Irish Academy (Éire signs and the 'Emergency', 2018-0-08):
ria.ie/news/documents-irish-foreign-policy/eire-signs-and-emergency
“… but as early as June 1943 the US Air Force requested that the numbers of nearby lookout posts be added to the signs. The numbers offered more precise directions to Allied navigators; the Germans were never informed of them. The original signs were uneven in size, but in summer 1944 they were reconfigured into a standard format: twelve metres long and six metres high, with a rectangular border. Whitewashed stone was used. …”
Treasa Lynch (EIRE signs of WW II, 2022-11-01):
eiremarkings.org
Tim Schmelzer (LOOKOUT POST, 2022-11-12):
lookoutpost.com/about
“LOP This project presents scenery-related light art works on the lookout posts of the Irish Defence Forces Coast Watching Service. …”
The Irish Military Archives (Look Out Posts Log Books Collection, 2022-11-01):
militaryarchives.ie/collections/reading-room-collections/look-out-post-logbooks-september-1939-june-1945
“… A network of 83 Look Out Posts (LOPs) were built around the coast of Ireland and manned by members of the Local Defence Force (LDF). …”
November 1, 2022
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