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Cannons at Rosslare

delsutton2008 · 2009-09-23 18:47:01

Hi Does anyone know the history of the cannons at Rosslare Strand? There was obviously an emplacement there at one point as the concrete remains are visible on the beach, but I haven't been able to track down any references to the origin of these. Del

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23-09-2009 7:47pm

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delsutton2008

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Hi

Does anyone know the history of the cannons at Rosslare Strand? There was obviously an emplacement there at one point as the concrete remains are visible on the beach, but I haven't been able to track down any references to the origin of these.

Del

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#2 24-09-2009 9:42pm
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Del, the Royal Navy had a training base at Rosslare which was dismantled at the outbreak of WWI so they may have come from there. Short paragraph on this in Vol. 1 of "Rosslare in History" although it refers to the guns at the base being "broken up".

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