Stories tagged "martello tower": 4
Stories
'The Great Provider' and 'The Old Men and The Sea'
The Great Provider
Oh how I long to be with that man, digging for cockles on Sandymount Strand,
He brought me everywhere on the cross bar of his bike, and explained everything in detail about the values of life.
He was warm and gentle and also…
The Front Street Martello Tower, Pembroke Dock
The gun tower in Front Street, Pembroke Dock, is commonly referred to as the 'Martello tower'. However, when it was built it was known as a Cambridge Gun Tower. Emperor Louis Napoleon III was building a Second Empire of France in the 1840's, and was…
Hidden Caves of Portrane
In years gone by in Ireland, there had to be taxes paid on certain goods as tobacco and wine coming from foreign lands to Ireland. But the people who were poor at the time they could not afford to be paying tax on these goods. They often decided to…
Dublin Bay’s Martello Towers
There are around 29 martello towers dotted around the bay; coastal, circular buildings with curved, nearly-windowless walls. Some have been taken up as unique seaside homes or museums, but many are unused and inaccessible.
Most were built in…