6 July 2023 By Bryan McCarthy bryan@TheCork.ie Spike Island commemorates its 85th Anniversary with exhibition detailing the events of the 1938 Treaty Ports Handover Spike Island has a new exhibition, 'The Handover of Spike Island', commemorating the 85th anniversary of the momentous 1938 handover of the Treaty Ports from Britain to Ireland. This fascinating exhibition…
In a ceremony lasting just seven minutes, military personnel from the then most powerful empire in the world handed the Treaty Port of Spike Island over to the fledgling Irish state
A FASCINATING exhibition marking the anniversary of arguably one of the most significant moments in Cork’s, and indeed the Irish State’s modern history, has opened on Spike Island.
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