Driving Miss Casey

Julie is working all weekend, so I suggested to Ian, her husband, that we should do a day trip to Donegal. He volunteered to drive so I got to drink in Donegal, like a thirsty sailor fresh in port.

We started at Fort Dunree at the mouth of Lough Swilly. From Wiki: Fort Dunree is a coastal defence fortification located on the west side of the Inishowen peninsula, Ireland. Originally built as a Royal Navy position during the Napoleonic Wars, the fort is located on a rocky promontory accessed over a natural fissure. It was remodelled in 1895 to have 120 mm QF guns below, and later 12 pounder QF and 152 mm guns in an upper land battery. The top of a hill overlooking the site was walled in to form a redoubt.

It’s strange to see military installations scattered over such a lovely spot.

Ian used to be a photographer for the local newspaper and he told me about photographing war games here. He said it was very eery to see jovial young men turn into aggressive hunters as the war games became more intense.

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