The Seafront at Bray, County Wicklow by Erskine Nicol (1825-1904) with tower detail (above)
‘Bray Header’ writes:
Was there a Martello Tower on Bray seafront?
Anyone?
Online Collection (National Gallery of Ireland)
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Yes. Demolished in 1884.
https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/16301084/bray-martello-tower-strand-road-bray-bray-county-wicklow
Or perhaps fell into the sea.. Originally there were 3 towers. There’s a photo of that one here.
https://www.bray.ie/bygone-tour-bray/
Yup, you can see it marked on the 1837-1842 OS Maps
http://map.geohive.ie/mapviewer.html
Base Information and Mapping – Historic Map 6 inch Colour (1837-1842)
OSI map 1837-1842 says yes, here:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/53%C2%B012'51.6%22N+6%C2%B006'15.3%22W/@53.2144816,-6.111549,860m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x4867a8680bea21b5:0x6c1f35aeb7249ff7!2sBray+Promenade,+Co.+Wicklow!3b1!8m2!3d53.2040662!4d-6.0982919!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d53.2143212!4d-6.1042477
The tower is gone by the 1888-1913 map, probably used the masonry for the harbor wall
Thanks, Theo.
There wasn’t, no.
(Just to ‘maintain the balance’. )
Broadcasting Authority of Ireland happy now.
#AllTowersMatter
It wasn’t until the late 1980’s that Bono(parte) was finally driven out of the Bray Martello tower for once and for all
As in The Whipping Boy’s lyric,
‘They built portholes for Bono
So he could gaze out across the bay’