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Fort Templebreedy (Irish: ''Dún Theampall Bríde''), also known as Templebreedy Battery, was a coastal defence fortification close to Crosshaven, in County Cork, Ireland. Supplementing a number of earlier structures at Fort Camden and Fort Davis, the site was developed between 1904 and 1909 to defend the mouth of Cork Harbour.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Victorian Forts and Artillery )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher= Dictionary of Irish Architects )〕 Used as a land battery until the 1940s,〔 and as a military training camp until the late 20th century, many of the structures of the 37 acre site were dismantled over time, and part of the complex used as a pitch and putt course.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Templebreedy Fort Could Become a National Monument )〕 In 2009, Cork County Council added the site to a proposed list of protected structures〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher= Oireachtas Hansard )〕 – though as of 2013 it remains in the ownership of the Department of Defence. ==History== As with other earlier coastal defence fortifications at Fort Camden (Crosshaven) and Fort Carlisle (Whitegate), the batteries at Templebreedy were designed to defend the strategically important entrance to Cork Harbour. By the early 20th century, a number of improvements were proposed to the harbour defences - including the installation of newer Breech-loading 9.2 Inch guns.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Victorian Forts and Artillery – Templebreedy PDF Datasheet )〕 Rather than installing these guns at Fort Camden, it was decided to build separate batteries slightly south of the existing fort, at Templebreedy, to cover threats outside the harbour approaches in the Celtic Sea. Built between 1904 and 1909, the fortification included concrete gun emplacements for two BL 9.2 inch Mark X guns, underground magazines, searchlights, and a number of machine-gun positions.〔 A practice range was added later for smaller QF 12-pounder guns. A further battery was constructed for BL 6-inch Mark VII guns; however, these were never installed.〔 By the end of construction in 1909, there was accommodation in place for four officers and 81 non-commissioned officers and men. Throughout the First World War (1914–1918), the harbour was used as a naval base to cover the "Western Approaches", and the battery complemented the defences of Fort Camden and Fort Carlisle. During the Irish War of Independence (1919–1921), Templebreedy was somewhat isolated, and ambushes by IRA Brigades were not uncommon on supplies to the fort. Following the Anglo-Irish Treaty the harbour defences remained in the control of British Armed Forces, until July 1938 when the Treaty Port installations, including Templebreedy, were relinquished to Irish authorities.〔 The Irish Defence Forces continued to maintain and operate the batteries throughout the Emergency (WWII), until the defences were largely decommissioned in 1946.〔 Though the large 9.2 inch guns remained in place until the 1960s,〔 the buildings and grounds continued to be used into the 1970s and later (including for training camps by Army Reserve (FCÁ) and Naval Reserve (Slua Muirí)).〔 As of the early 21st century, though a number of buildings, concrete emplacements, underground magazine stores and other structures still stand, no guns or defensive elements remain, and the site is no longer used for military purposes.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fort Templebreedy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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