File 10 - Spike Island

3 items; Manuscript; clipping

Letter from ‘Kitty’ enclosing clippings from the 'Cork Examiner' (9 July 1938) re the handover by the British military of Spike Island in Cork Harbour under the terms of the Anglo-Irish agreement. The articles also refer to the escape of Irish republican prisoners from Spike Island in 1921. The letter is addressed to ‘Joe’ but also refers to Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap. It is dated 6 Jan. 1956.