During the Second World War, pillboxes watched out over the coast near Dundrum, Co. Down while wooden beach defences stood in place in case of a Nazi invasion.
17th May 1944
Between 17th-19th May 1944, General Dwight D Eisenhower visited Northern Ireland to inspect Infantry and Airborne troops as they prepared for Normandy.
Dundrum Co. Down
During The Second World War, those tasked with home defence erected a line of wooden obstacles along the beach to make life difficult for any would-be invaders.
