Elisabeth Fort

My last day in Cork has been very relaxed.  After a nice morning run, I had an Irish breakfast and then headed out with no particular destination in mind. I eventually made it to the southwest side of the city; where I strolled through a residential neighborhood and talked to a few people along the way.  On my way back to the downtown commercial/touristy area, I passed the Elisabeth Fort. It was built by Sir George Carew in 1601, after the Battle of Kinsale. It wasn’t long before it came under attack. After the death of Queen Elisabeth in 1603, the Irish, rejecting the crowning of James I, demolished and disarmed it. It was rebuilt about ten years later, this time in stone, and has since served as a reminder of Cork and the rest of Ireland’s continuing conflicts with the English and themselves.