{"id":1846,"date":"2020-12-13T22:48:22","date_gmt":"2020-12-13T22:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/?post_type=product&#038;p=1846"},"modified":"2024-03-20T21:33:49","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T21:33:49","slug":"the-martello-towers-of-ireland-victor-j-enoch","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/product\/the-martello-towers-of-ireland-victor-j-enoch\/","title":{"rendered":"The Martello Towers of Ireland &#8211; Victor J Enoch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ireland&#8217;s ancient round towers are among its most distinctive symbols. Almost forgotten are the later round towers, (misnamed for their prototype in Mortella, Corsica), that were erected along Ireland&#8217;s coast in 1804 and 1805 to prevent a Napoleonic invasion that never came.<\/p>\n<p>Victor Enoch adapted one of these stout stone structures as a home, and in the process developed a consuming interest in their history and their preservation. This short 32 page booklet is a highly personal and entertaining record of his travels, observations, and opinions.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll find a list and a map of the towers, tourist directions from a generation ago when phones were cranked and rubber boots were mandatory, and a full colour reproduction of a painting by A J Brandrett of the Corsican prototype in action against British warships.<\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy eccentric travel accounts or very local military history, this little book is a must for your collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you enjoy eccentric travel accounts or very local military history, this little book by Victor Enoch is a must for your collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1805,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"product_cat":[62],"product_tag":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1846"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1846"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=1846"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=1846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}