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EIRE Sign

EIRE Sign

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EIRE Sign

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Location: Donegal, Ireland

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2. Slieve League Cliffs – Slieve League Viewing Platform loop from Teelin

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October 15, 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, 2022-11-01):
lookoutpost.com/project
“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). …”

Marion

May 2, 2019

If you walk up to the viewing platform from the parking lot, you can admire in huge letters the word ÉIRE, which used to be made of stones. During the Second World War, it signaled to the opposing aircraft that they were now flying over neutral territory.

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David Howells

March 22, 2021

I wonder if the huns looked down and said 'who put those stones there?'

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