Treaty Ports, Spike Island

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Following the establishment of the Irish Free State, three deep water Treaty Ports at Berehaven, Spike Island, and Lough Swilly were retained by the United Kingdom in accordance with the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 6 December 1921. ()

Coordinates: 51°50'2"N, 8°17'6"W

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Treaty Ports – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Colman's Cathedral, Cobh Heritage Centre, Cobh Museum, Sirius Arts Centre.

1.3 miN
Imposing cathedral made from granite
St Colman's Cathedral, Cobh
33 min walk • St. Colman's Cathedral stands as a magnificent beacon on the skyline of Cobh, Ireland, a town steeped in maritime and emigrant history. This neo-Gothic cathedral, officially known as the Cathedral Church of St Colman, dominates the town's elevated backdrop, offering an...
1.2 miNW
Specialty museum, Museum, Maritime museum
Cobh Heritage Centre, Cobh
31 min walk • The Cobh Heritage Centre is a museum located in Cobh, County Cork, Ireland. It is attached to Cobh railway station. The "Queenstown Experience", located at the centre, has mostly permanent exhibitions of Irish history.
1.2 miNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Cobh Museum, Cobh
32 min walk • The Scots Church is a former Presbyterian church in Cobh, Ireland. It is today a museum, the Cobh Museum, which tells the history of the town.
1.2 miNW
51°50'57"N • 8°17'49"W
Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh
30 min walk • Museum
0.9 miNE
Lighthouse
Spit Bank Lighthouse
24 min walk • The Spit Bank Lighthouse close to Cobh in County Cork, Ireland is a screw-pile lighthouse which marks a shallow bank in the navigable channels of lower Cork Harbour. The platform was built by the blind Irish engineer Alexander Mitchell, with the lighthouse itself designed by George Halpin.
0.8 miNW
Island
Haulbowline, Cobh
22 min walk • Haulbowline is an island in Cork Harbour off the coast of Ireland. The world's first yacht club was founded on Haulbowline in 1720.
1.3 miN
Forts and castles
Cove Fort
33 min walk • Cove Fort is a small bastioned land battery to the east of Cobh in County Cork, Ireland. Built as a coastal defence fortification in 1743, on instruction of the then Vice-Admiral of the Coast, it replaced a number of temporary coastal artillery batteries which defended Cork Harbour.
1.6 miSE
Forts and castles
Fort Davis
41 min walk • Fort Davis, is a coastal defence fortification close to Whitegate, County Cork, Ireland. Together with similar structures at Fort Mitchel, Fort Camden, and Templebreedy Battery, the fort was built to defend the mouth of Cork Harbour.
1.4 miNE
Harbor
Cork Harbour, Cork
35 min walk • Cork Harbour is a natural harbour and river estuary at the mouth of the River Lee in County Cork, Ireland. It is one of several which lay claim to the title of "second largest natural harbour in the world by navigational area".
1.3 miNE
Harbor
Port of Cork, Cork
33 min walk • The Port of Cork is the main port serving the South of Ireland, County Cork and Cork City. It offers all six shipping modes. In 2015, over 11 million tonnes of freight were shipped through the Port of Cork, making it the state’s second busiest port.
0.7 miW
Island
Rocky Island
20 min walk • Rocky Island is located in Cork Harbour, Ireland. Situated between the naval base on Haulbowline Island and the mainland, a gunpowder magazine was constructed on the island by the Board of Ordnance in 1808.