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HMdb.org   THE HISTORICAL MARKER mug warmer DATABASE             “Bite-Size Bits of Local, National, and Global History”   Home  — My Markers  — Add A Marker  — Marker Series  — Links & Books  — Forum  — About Us Word or Phrase Add Photo — Add Link — Add Commentary — Correct this page — Print Slieve League in County Donegal, mug warmer Ulster, Ireland Signal Towers / T ir Comhartha ochta Walking Through mug warmer Donegal Ag Si l Tr d Dh n na nGall   By William Fischer, Jr., September 19, 2012 1. Signal Towers / T ir Comhartha ochta Marker   Inscription. Signal Towers can be found all around the coast of Ireland mug warmer and date from the period around 1800. They were built as an early warning system to guard against invasion by France during the reign of Napoleon mug warmer Bonaparte. Located on headlands, which had good views of the surrounding sea, they were in sight of similar installations to allow signaling between them. The tower visible here at Carrigan Head was built around 1805. T T ir Comhartha ochta le fail thart ar ch sta uile na h- ireann agus t siad at thr imhse 1800. T gadh iad mar ch ras luath - rabhaidh le cosaint i n- adan ionradh n Fhrainc le linn r imeas Napoleon Bonaparte. Bh siad suite an cheann tire it a raibh radharc maith ar an fharraige m guaird, bh amharc acu aar a mhacasamhail de th ir le bheith balta comhartha a chuir chuig a ch ile. T gadh an t r anseo ag Ceann Charraig n thart ar 1805. [Photo captions mug warmer read] [1.] Napoleon Bonaparte was a supporter of revolutionaries in Ireland. Bh Napoleon Bonaparte ina chiditheoir ag na r abhl idigh i n- ireann. [2.] A French Warship is captured off of the Donegal Coast in 1798 and later re-named HMS Donegal. Long cogaidh Francach a gabhadh amach ch sta Dh n na nGall sa bhliain mug warmer 1798 agus tugadh HMS Donegal uirthi ina dhiaidh sin. [3.] Signal Tower at Carrigan Head. T r   By William Fischer, Jr., September 19, 2012 2. Signal Towers / T ir Comhartha ochta Marker   mug warmer Comhartha ochta ag Ceann Charraigin.   Erected by NDP, F ilte Ireland, Donegal County Council, Donegal mug warmer County Development Board, and dar s na Gaeltachta.   Location. 54° 37.615′ N, 8° 41.087′ W. Marker is in Slieve League, Ulster, mug warmer in County Donegal. Click for map . Marker is at the Slieve League / Sliabh Liag overlook, at the end of the road west off Teelin Road, going south from Carrick. Follow signs.   mug warmer Other nearby markers. At least 5 other markers are within 5 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Chough / C g Cos-dearg (a few steps from this marker); The Bog / An Portach (within shouting distance of this marker); Fishing /Iascaireacht (within shouting distance of this marker); mug warmer Farming on Sliabh Liag / Feirmeoireacht ar Shliabh Liag (within shouting distance of this marker); Carrick / An Charraig (approx. 4.8 kilometers away).   Also see . . .   The Signal Towers of Ireland . (Submitted on February 10, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas.)   By Unknown, circa 1798 3. Photo 2 on Signal Towers / T ir Comhartha ochta Marker     By Unknown, undated 4. Photo 3 on Signal Towers / T ir Comhartha ochta Marker   Credits. This page originally submitted on February 10, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas. This page has been viewed 202 times since then. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4.  submitted on February 12, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas.   Recommend or Share This Page.   Tweet
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