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Mahón (Spanish:), officially Maó (Catalan:, locally; formerly spelled Mahó), [2] and also written as Mahon or Port Mahon in English, is the capital and second largest city of Menorca. The city is located on the eastern coast of the island, which is part of the archipelago and autonomous community of the Balearic Islands .
Port Mahon Dockyard [1] was a Royal Navy Dockyard located at Port Mahon, Menorca, Spain. It was opened in 1708 and in 1802 the port was ceded back to Spain. However a resident commissioner of the Royal Navy was still appointed as late as 1814. The dockyard was administered by the Navy Board and was part of the Mediterranean Fleet.
Mahon (Irish: Machain) [1] is an area to the south-eastern side of Cork, Ireland.Mahon gets its name from Lough Mahon, a wide stretch of the upper section of Cork Harbour.It was once a semi-rural peninsula, but from the late 20th century was subject to residential development, and has a number of housing estates and developments. [2]
Ringmahon House is built on the site of an earlier castle, known as Ringmahon Castle. [4] According to John Windele's Historical and Descriptive Notices of the City of Cork and Its Vicinity (published in 1839), Ringmahon Castle and the surrounding Mahon peninsula take their name from the Irish word rinn (meaning peninsula) and Mahon (a reference to the O'Mahony family who controlled much of ...
The leaders who had surrendered the city were captured on September 8 by order of Eiximèn Perez de Figuerola, Viceroy of Mallorca.On the same day, the trial began, which lasted more than a year, and on October 24, 1536 the five main defendants were executed in the Plaça del Born in Ciutadella.
From medieval times, the harbour and berths at Kinsale were of strategic importance, and its defences were tested during the Battle of Kinsale (1601) and Williamite War (1690). Though declining in importance (relative to those at Cork Harbour) in the 18th and 19th centuries, several structures were in use until they were burned during the Irish ...
On 8 January 1939, Admiral Luis González de Ubieta was transferred to Menorca to take the command of the Spanish Republican Navy base at Puerto Mahon.He also was given the authority to command all the Republican military forces on the island.
Ballymahon derives its name from the Irish language term Baile Uí Mhatháin or Baile Mathuna, meaning "Town of Mahon".This may refer to Mahon (Mathgamain mac Cennétig), a southern chieftain and the elder brother of Brian Boru, who is believed by some to have fought a battle in 960 in the vicinity of Ballymahon at Shrule (in Irish Sruaith Fhuil, River of Blood) where he defeated O'Rourke of ...