Haulbowline
Sign in to saveHaulbowline (; ) is an island in Cork Harbour off the coast of Ireland. The world's first yacht club was founded on Haulbowline in 1720. The western side of the island is the main naval base and headquarters for the Irish Naval Service, with the eastern side previously used for heavy industry and later redeveloped as a park.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Haulbowline Island
- Islands.native_name
- Inis Sionnach
- Islands.native_name_link
- Irish language
- Islands.image_name
- Haulbowline_Cork_Harbour_2014-01-30_23-17.jpg
- Islands.image_size
- 240px
- Islands.image_caption
- Aerial view with Naval Base to west (right), former industrial site to east (left) & dockyard (centre)
- Islands.image_alt
- Aerial view with Naval Base to west (right), former industrial site to east (left) & dockyard (centre)
- Islands.map
- island of Ireland
- Islands.location
- County Cork, Ireland
- Islands.area_ha
- 35
- Islands.country
- Ireland
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Province
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Munster
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- County
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Cork
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_2
- Water body
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_2
- Cork Harbour
- Islands.population
- 148
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Demographics
- Naval history
- Royal Navy
- Irish Naval Service
- Industry and development
- Irish Steel site
- Park
- See also
- References
Haulbowline (; ) is an island in Cork Harbour off the coast of Ireland. The world's first yacht club was founded on Haulbowline in 1720. The western side of the island is the main naval base and headquarters for the Irish Naval Service, with the eastern side previously used for heavy industry and later redeveloped as a park.
Since 1966, the island has been connected to the mainland by a roadbridge.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Haulbowline” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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