Posted on by Erik Chipchase

Fires on Bray Head expose amazing World War 2 landmark EIRE 8! This
landmark had been completely covered by the gorse on Bray Head and
amazingly it is still in reasonable condition.

“The signs were
built by the Coast Watching Service by the summer of 1944 to warn
"belligerent” aircraft that they were flying over a neutral country. Up
to 150 tons of stone were used in some of the 83 signs dotted around the
coast of Ireland. At the request of the United States air force the number
of the nearby lookout post was added, turning the signs into air
navigation aids. This assisted American bomber pilots in navigating
across the Atlantic.“
Ref Michael Kennedy – Guarding Neutral Ireland.