Coast defence guns from World War I at Dunree Fort.

Dunree Fort (Irish: An Dún Riabhach), located on the west side of the Inishowen peninsula in the north of Ireland, is a Napoleonic period fort. Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. Inishowen (Inis Eoghain is a historical peninsular region in County Donegal, and also the largest peninsula in Ireland. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. The fort is located on a rocky promontory accessed over a natural fissure. A promontory is a prominent mass of land which overlooks lower lying land or a body of water (when it may be called a Peninsula or headland) It was remodelled in 1895 to have 2 x 4. 7 inch (119 mm) QF guns below, and later 12 pounder (5 kg) QF and 2 x 6 inch (152 mm) guns in a battery above. The top of a hill overlooking the site was walled in to form a redoubt. A redoubt is a Fort or fort system usually consisting of an enclosed defensive emplacement outside a larger fort usually relying on earthworks though others The fort is now a military museum with detailed exhibitions, many restored guns, and a rotting military camp.

External links

• The Guns of Dunree Military Museum
• Pictures of Dunree on Irelandscape
• Photographic Portfolio of Dunree Fort Buildings

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