Sgt Wayne Fitzgerald, Editor of An Cosantóir interviewed a 92-year-old-veteran recently, Lt Col Jim Dawson who was the Coast Artillery Commander in the 1940s / 1950s on Spike Island with responsibility for the 6-inch guns batteries on Spike Island…
Paul Kerrigan's article An Cosantoir, The Old Limerick Journal, French Edition details the Construction of Defenses along the Shannon Estuary along with an overview of the reasons why this was necessary and comparisons with European measures. …