The Defences of Cork Harbour

Great turnout last night for Jason Byrnes talk on the Cork Harbour Forts for Shandon Area History Group. Judging by no. of questions at the end people really enjoyed learning about the incredible history of cork harbour Hopefully therell be more talks soon, keep an eye out 4info

Checkout the recent 1 BAR 2-3 Star Platoon conducting MOUT operations in Fort Davis, Co Cork! The second half of a 96hr Exercise, this was the culmination of 12 weeks of intensive training, before the 24 students passed out as three star privates and deployed to their respective units across the Defence Forces! #soldiers #training #MOUT #teamwork #army #development #skills #mission #objective #cork #Artillery

A date for the diary. Next Wed @ 7:30 Shandon Area History Group will be hosting a talk on The Fortifications of Cork Harbour by one of our members Jason Byrne. Should be an interesting evening for anyone interested in the development of the cork harbour defences.

@Niconuts Surely that's Charles fort in kinsale, no?

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@dohville @Corkcoco They've totally dropped the ball on this but civil servants can never take the blame so they'll double down, make everyone suffer & the fort will rot again. Can't get over that after 13 years of operating the place theyre to be given supervised access to collect their belongings

@CorkHarbrDfnces @Corkcoco Safety? Its a 200 year old fort that they left rot for 20 years after they were gifted it by the DoD, who up to then were using it regularly for FCA training.

Load of waffle from civil servants who have probably never been to the fort. Disgraceful treatment of the volunteers who are to be allowed supervised access to collect their belongings. Is that what 13 years of work is called? Belongings? Incredible incompetence from @Corkcoco

Cork County Council does not confirm if tourist attraction will reopen for summer season echolive.ie/corknews/arid-…

CAMDEN FORT FATE UNKNOWN Heartbroken volunteers at Camden Fort Meagher in Crosshaven say they have been unable to enter the site since the end of September 2022. corkindependent.com/2023/04/27/cam…

Sad news, another great fort project closed by bureaucracy, hopefully it won't be permanent @FortsGroup @PalmerstonForts @irishfortgroup

British troops leaving #Cork in 1922 & loading supplies on Custom House Quay #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike📸NLI bit.ly/42xgPXI irishfamilydetective.ie/colourisation

Fears for opening of Camden Fort Meagher in 2023? #crosshaven #MaritimeCork #coCork #corkTourist

This doesn't look too promising The volunteers at Fort Camden who have done amazing work over the last 13 yrs, developing it into one of Corks top heritage sites, have been locked out by the local county council @PalmerstonForts @FortsGroup @irishfortgroup @CorkHarbrHeritg

Eh what's going on here @marciadalton @AudreyBuckleyFF @McGrathSeamus ? The old H&S excuse to kill off a project?

@CamdenFtMeagher @ElizabethFort_ @corkcitycouncil @pure_cork That's terrible, you've done so much work over the years and turned the fort into one of Corks top heritage attractions . Have @Corkcoco indicated to you what their plans are for this summer?

@CamdenFtMeagher @ElizabethFort_ @corkcitycouncil @pure_cork When are you guys opening this year?

Elizabeth Fort and surrounding area (Cork, Ireland) 1624 vs today. Illustration: Philip Armstrong.

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