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Haulbowline Island
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Haulbowline island
en island in Cork Harbour, south of x/Cobh co/Cork c/Ireland, used as a naval base Irish grid ref W 7965.
en Haulbowline
en 1952 May Notes and News: Haulbowline Island Railway Railway Magazine 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.