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James Fort (Irish: Dún Rí Shéamuis) is an early 17th-century pentagonal bastion fort located on Castlepark peninsula in Kinsale harbour, County Cork, Ireland.Situated downstream from Kinsale on the River Bandon, the fort was built to defend the harbour and seaborne approaches of the town.
Charles Fort (Irish: Dún Chathail) is a trace italienne fortification, a bastion fort with one section of the outer wall built in star fashion. It is located at the southern end of the village of Summer Cove, on Kinsale harbour, County Cork, Ireland. [1]
Kinsale (/ k ɪ n ˈ s eɪ l / kin-SAYL; Irish: Cionn tSáile, meaning 'head of the brine' [2]) is a historic port and fishing town in County Cork, Ireland.Located approximately 25 km (16 mi) south of Cork City on the southeast coast near the Old Head of Kinsale, it sits at the mouth of the River Bandon, and has a population of 5,991 (as of the 2022 census) [1] which increases in the summer ...
From medieval times, the harbour and berths at Kinsale were of strategic importance, and its defences were tested during the Battle of Kinsale (1601) and Williamite War (1690). Though declining in importance (relative to those at Cork Harbour) in the 18th and 19th centuries, several structures were in use until they were burned during the Irish ...
Map of Kinsale Harbour in 1741 from the collection of Royal Museums Greenwich, London, England. By the early 17th century, Kinsale Harbour was already 'a place of great resort for his Majesty's ships of war' [2] During the Battle of Kinsale, ships were often careened on the isthmus of the Castlepark peninsula, where (in an area still known as 'The Dock') facilities were provided for ship ...
Summer Cove is part of Kinsale town on the Kinsale harbour, on the south coast of Ireland; it faces westwards across the entrance of the harbour to the Castlepark peninsula. Charles's Fort is located on the southern edge Summercove, at the water's edge.
Location of Castlepark within Kinsale harbour The marina at Castlepark in 2002, looking south-eastwards from Compass Hill on the Kinsale side of the Bandon River. The image also shows the village which straddles the neck of land joining the James's Fort townland to the main body of the peninsula.
Kinsale (Irish: Cionn tSáile) is a historical barony in south County Cork, Ireland. [1] [2]Baronies were mainly cadastral rather than administrative units. [3] They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.