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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…

Newspaper article detailing the first of it's kind, Brennan Torpedo Experiments at Fort Camden. Testing the Coast Defences 1899.

Under the watchful eye of General Hugh McCalmont Commander Cork District Forces (1898 - 1903),
Lt. Col. E. W.…

A report on the Harbour Fortifications detailing the works, armaments and gun cotton distribution between the forts. Mounting of Guns in Carlisle bringing it to completion. Camden Fort Torpedo Batteries almost fully functional. On completion…