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- Millmount_Fort abstract "Millmount Fort, is a large fortified complex on a hill on the South bank of the River Boyne located in Drogheda in County Louth, Ireland.It has been fortified in historical times since the early 12th Century CE when the invading Normans built a mote and bailey on what was probably originally a neolithic passage grave similar to Newgrange. In Irish cosmology, it is often assumed to be the burial place of Amhairgin mac Míled, whose name ("Amhair" = singing; "gin" = give birth)indicates that in ancient Irish mythology he was regarded as the originator of the arts of song, poetry and music.The shamanistic Early Irish poem "The Song of Amhairgin", uttered by him in the story of his entry into Ireland by the Boyne, was therefore conventionally regarded as the first Irish poem.Hugo De Lacy, one of the Normans who came to Ireland after Strongbow, built the original fort circa 1172, having been granted the Kingdom of Meath by Henry II. Later a stone castle was built on the site. This castle formed part of the defences of the town during the siege of Drogheda during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1649. The fort's English defenders attempted to surrender to Parliamentarian troops under Oliver Cromwell but were massacred when they gave themselves up on September 11, 1649.The complex was later called Richmond Barracks. Some of the present buildings, in the courtyard, were built circa 1770. After the unrest and rebellions of the 1790s and the Act of Union in 1800 the complex was re-fortified and the present tower built.The fort suffered considerable damage during the Irish Civil War. It was occupied by Anti-Treaty forces and on July 4, 1922, it became the target of shelling by the army of the Irish Free State. The Free State Forces under Michael Collins had been given extensive support by the British Army at the express wish of Winston Churchill who insisted that the Republican Forces be crushed. Using the same British Army 18 pounder artillery piece which had shelled the Republican H.Q. in the Four Courts in Dublin some days earlier the Free State Forces bombarded Millmount fort for several hours before the Republican garrison retreated. It has been restored in 2000 and is now open to the public as a military museum.".
- Millmount_Fort wikiPageExternalLink www.droghedamuseum.ie.
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- Millmount_Fort subject Category:Buildings_and_structures_in_Drogheda.
- Millmount_Fort subject Category:Towers_completed_in_1808.
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- Millmount_Fort type BuildingsAndStructuresInCountyLouth.
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- Millmount_Fort comment "Millmount Fort, is a large fortified complex on a hill on the South bank of the River Boyne located in Drogheda in County Louth, Ireland.It has been fortified in historical times since the early 12th Century CE when the invading Normans built a mote and bailey on what was probably originally a neolithic passage grave similar to Newgrange.".
- Millmount_Fort label "Millmount Fort".
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