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Lt.Col. Jim Dawson Coast Artillery Commander

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…

Tags: 1926, 1946, 1954, 1961, 1970, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1986, 6-inch, 9.2, 9.2-inch, An Cosantoir, Artillery, ballincollig, Batteries, carlisle, Coast, Coast Artillery Commander, commander, Congo, cork, Dingle Bn, Editor, FCÁ, Fort Camden, guns, Harbour, Jim Dawson, Killorglin Bn, limerick, Lt. Col., Mick Burke, Officer, Sgt Wayne Fitzgerald, spike island, Stg, Templebreedy, Training, Tralee Bn, Wayne Fitzgerald

THE BREECHES BUOY RESCUE EQUIPMENT

Did you know about the close links the Coast Guard and Fort Camden share? The Breeches Buoy Rocket cart!

Below is a link to the Irish Coast Guard Historic Society home page with kind permission from Vince Farr & Skully - the Intrepid…

Tags: 1860, Breeches buoy, cart, Coast, crosshaven, equipment, Fort Camden, guard, Historic, Irish, pole, R. E., rescue, rocket, Royal Engineers, skully, Society, Training, vince farr

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