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Haulbowline, the Glossary

Haulbowline (Inis Sionnach; Ál-boling) is an island in Cork Harbour off the coast of Ireland.^[1]

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Cobh
Irish Naval Service
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Islands of County Cork

Board of Ordnance

The Board of Ordnance was a British government body.

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.

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Carlingford Lough

Carlingford Lough (Ulster Scots: Carlinford Loch) is a glacial fjord or sea inlet in northeastern Ireland, forming part of the border between Northern Ireland to the north and the Republic of Ireland to the south.

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Celtic Tiger

The "Celtic Tiger" (An Tíogar Ceilteach) is a term referring to the economy of Ireland from the mid-1990s to the late 2000s, a period of rapid real economic growth fuelled by foreign direct investment.

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Conger

Conger is a genus of marine congrid eels.

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Cooper (profession)

A cooper is a craftsman who produces wooden casks, barrels, vats, buckets, tubs, troughs, and other similar containers from timber staves that were usually heated or steamed to make them pliable.

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Cork County Council

Cork County Council (Comhairle Contae Chorcaí) is the local authority of County Cork, Ireland.

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Cork Harbour

Cork Harbour is a natural harbour and river estuary at the mouth of the River Lee in County Cork, Ireland.

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County Cork

County Cork (Contae Chorcaí) is the largest and the southernmost county of Ireland, named after the city of Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. Its largest market towns are Mallow, Macroom, Midleton, and Skibbereen., the county had a population of 584,156, making it the third-most populous county in Ireland.

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Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (An Roinn Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara) is a department of the Government of Ireland.

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Department of Defence (Ireland)

The Department of Defence (An Roinn Cosanta) is the department of the Government of Ireland that is responsible for preserving peace and security in Ireland, and administers the Irish Defence Forces.

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Dry dock

A dry dock (sometimes drydock or dry-dock) is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform.

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Dunkirk evacuation

The Dunkirk evacuation, codenamed Operation Dynamo and also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, or just Dunkirk, was the evacuation of more than 338,000 Allied soldiers during the Second World War from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, in the north of France, between 26 May and 4 June 1940.

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Erin Brockovich

Erin Brockovich (née Pattee; born June 22, 1960) is an American paralegal, consumer advocate, and environmental activist who was instrumental in building a case against Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) involving groundwater contamination in Hinkley, California for attorney Ed Masry in 1993.

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Gunpowder

Gunpowder, also commonly known as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive.

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Gunpowder magazine

A gunpowder magazine is a magazine (building) designed to store the explosive gunpowder in wooden barrels for safety.

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Heavy industry

Heavy industry is an industry that involves one or more characteristics such as large and heavy products; large and heavy equipment and facilities (such as heavy equipment, large machine tools, huge buildings and large-scale infrastructure); or complex or numerous processes.

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Hexavalent chromium

Hexavalent chromium (chromium(VI), Cr(VI), chromium 6) is any chemical compound that contains the element in the +6 oxidation state (thus hexavalent).

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Irish Examiner

The Irish Examiner, formerly The Cork Examiner and then The Examiner, is an Irish national daily newspaper which primarily circulates in the Munster region surrounding its base in Cork, though it is available throughout the country.

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Irish Free State

The Irish Free State (6 December 192229 December 1937), also known by its Irish name i, was a state established in December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921.

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Irish language

Irish (Standard Irish: Gaeilge), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language group, which is a part of the Indo-European language family.

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Irish Naval Service

The Naval Service (An tSeirbhís Chabhlaigh) is the maritime component of the Defence Forces of Ireland and is one of the three branches of the Irish Defence Forces.

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Irish Steel

Irish Steel Limited (Cruach na hÉireann Teoranta), later known as Irish Ispat Limited, was an Irish semi-state company which was involved in steel production primarily from a plant on Haulbowline island in Cork Harbour.

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Land reclamation

Land reclamation, often known as reclamation, and also known as land fill (not to be confused with a waste landfill), is the process of creating new land from oceans, seas, riverbeds or lake beds.

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List of Irish military installations

This is a list of Irish military installations occupied by the Defence Forces (including Army, Air Corps, Naval Service and Reserve Defence Forces) in the Republic of Ireland by province and overseas. Haulbowline and list of Irish military installations are Irish military bases.

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Martello tower

Martello towers, sometimes known simply as Martellos, are small defensive forts that were built across the British Empire during the 19th century, from the time of the French Revolutionary Wars onwards.

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Motor torpedo boat

A motor torpedo boat is a fast torpedo boat, especially of the mid 20th century.

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Munster

Munster (an Mhumhain or Cúige Mumhan) is one of the four provinces of Ireland, located in the south of the island.

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Old Norse

Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages.

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Recorder of Cork

The recorder of Cork was a judicial office holder in pre-Independence Ireland.

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Republic of Ireland

Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland.

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Rocky Island (Cork)

Rocky Island (Oileán Cathail) is located in Cork Harbour, Ireland. Haulbowline and Rocky Island (Cork) are islands of County Cork.

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Royal Cork Yacht Club

The Royal Cork Yacht Club is a yacht club located in Crosshaven, County Cork, Ireland.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Royal Navy Dockyard

Royal Navy Dockyards (more usually termed Royal Dockyards) were state-owned harbour facilities where ships of the Royal Navy were built, based, repaired and refitted.

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Runway

According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft".

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Shipyard

A shipyard, also called a dockyard or boatyard, is a place where ships are built and repaired.

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Simon Coveney

Simon Coveney (born 16 June 1972) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment from 2022 to 2024.

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Spike Island, County Cork

Spike Island (Inis Píc) is an island of in Cork Harbour, Ireland. Haulbowline and Spike Island, County Cork are Cobh and islands of County Cork.

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Treason

Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance.

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Treaty Ports (Ireland)

Following the establishment of the Irish Free State, three deep water Treaty Ports at Berehaven, Spike Island (off modern Cóbh), and Lough Swilly were retained by the United Kingdom in accordance with the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 6 December 1921.

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Unmanned aerial vehicle

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without any human pilot, crew, or passengers on board.

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Victualling Commissioners

The Commissioners for the Victualling of the Navy, often called the Victualling Commissioners or Victualling Board, was the body responsible under the Navy Board for victualling ships of the British Royal Navy.

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Wharf

A wharf (or wharfs), quay (also), staith, or staithe is a structure on the shore of a harbour or on the bank of a river or canal where ships may dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.

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William Meade (judge)

William Meade (died after 1611) was an Irish lawyer and judge of the Elizabethan era who held office as Recorder of Cork.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haulbowline

Also known as Haulbowline Island.

Haulbowline, the Glossary

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See also

Cobh

Irish Naval Service

Irish military bases

Islands of County Cork

References