Did you know Seskinore Forest was used as a base by the American Army during Second World War?The headquarters of 552nd Quarter Master Company was at Seskinore House, the home of the McClintocks. The 552nd arrived in Seskinore in October 1943. Most of them were from New York and New Jersey.
The Quarter Master railheads at Beragh and Seskinore were the supply depots for Seskinore. The 552nd landed at Utah beach on D day + 4 (20th June 1944) with no casualties. Near by at Knocknamoe Castle there was a centre for intelligence gathering and many US Army personnel and Free French, Poles and others were stationed there during the war.
General Eisenhower and Field Marshal Montgomery are said to have met at Knocknamoe on at least three occasions while planning the Normandy landings. There are still remains of the base in the forest you can see munitions huts & a cold storage unit.
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