Haulbowline Island
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Proper noun
[edit]- An island in Cork Harbour, south of Cobh, County Cork, Ireland, used as a naval base (Irish grid ref W 7965).
- Synonym: Haulbowline
- 1952 May, “Notes and News: Haulbowline Island Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 351:
- Haulbowline Island lies in Cork Harbour, opposite Cobh. As its unusual and picturesque name suggests, it is a naval base, and until Southern Ireland achieved self-government in 1921, it was occupied by the British Admiralty.