Dundrum, Co. Down during the Second World War

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.

Wartime events in Dundrum, Co. Down

General Eisenhower inspects U.S. Army Infantry and Airborne troops in Northern Ireland

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.

Murlough Bay, Dundrum, Co. Down

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.