Plans to redevelop harbour fort into tourist attraction

PLANS are being drawn up to create a tourist attraction out of a fort built in Cork harbour in the late 1700s.

Plans  to redevelop  harbour fort into tourist attraction

Cork County Council officials are drawing up plans for the future of Fort Camden, near Crosshaven. County manager Martin Riordan had said he is prepared to put a significant amount of local authority money into the restoration project, although he is hoping that the state will also contribute.

Fort Camden was built by the British in 1775, coinciding with the start of the American War of Independence.

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