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Irish Martello Towers

13 July 2016

In 1803 when Ireland was involved in the Coalition Wars, also known as the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars; the south coast of the island (then ruled by the British), was considered to be the most vulnerable to a French invasion which made them develop a defence strategy by building 16 Martello Towers along the…