School: Sráid an Mhuilinn (B.) (roll number 14350)
- Location:
- Sráid an Mhuilinn, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: John Kelleher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0324, Page 055
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Forts are numerous all over Ireland but the relative numbers vary much for the different counties. The four leading counties are Limerick, Sligo, Clare and Westmeath; Limerick coming first with one fort for every 317 acres. The four counties at the other end are Derry, Armagh, Dublin and Donegal; Donegal coming last with one fort for every 5,550 acres. Kerry and Cork come tenth and eleventh in list respectively; Kerry with one fort to every 596 acres and Cork with one fort to every 630 acres. In all Ireland there are only a couple of hundred less than 29,000 forts.
Westropp, our greatest authority on forts, has computed these numbers from a study of the ordnance maps.
