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Events from the year 1779 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch ... Spike Island, County Cork, is acquired by the government to form part of the defences of Cork Harbour.
Spike Island (Irish: Inis Píc) is an island of 103 acres (42 ha) [1] in Cork Harbour, Ireland. Originally the site of a monastic settlement, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] the island is dominated by an 18th-century bastion fort now named Fort Mitchel .
The Moon Car was a converted 1919 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost, used by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in and around the area of Cork. [1] It got the name 'Moon Car' because of its bright yellow colour and because it was mainly used at night. [2]
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He served at Fort Westmorland on Spike Island and was present on the island in 1849 when Queen Victoria visited Cork Harbour. Three years after joining the Army, he immigrated to the United States. At the beginning of the American Civil War, Cleburne sided with the Confederate States. He progressed from being a private soldier in the local ...
Plan of Spike Island in Cork Harbour showing the fort that Holloway proposed. In March 1803 Sir Charles Holloway took up the post of commanding royal engineer of the Cork district, and was active in carrying out works of defence in Cork harbour. It has his proposal that led to the fort on Spike Island in the middle of Cork Harbour. [4]
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In late 1920, Malone was captured by Black and Tans in Cork due to being in possession of ammunition. He was sent to Union Quay Barracks where he was tortured. He admitted to being Tomás Malone and was court-martialled and sent to Cork Prison. After a number of failed escape attempts, he was sent to Spike Island, County Cork.