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News June 8, 2023 June 8, 2023 This will be spectacular. Spike Island is celebrating its 85th birthday this year, marking the date when Spike Island was officially handed from Britain to Ireland in 1938. In honour of the occasion, the attraction is celebrating its own Independence Day with a spectacular...
News September 19, 2022 September 10, 2022 The witching season has begun. And while Halloween is still a while away, you can get some spooky action in...
News July 22, 2022 July 22, 2022 It was once Cork's own Alcatraz. Now Spike Island is inviting the public to become inmates for an evening as...
News July 18, 2022 July 18, 2022 You may have caught the action if you live near the water. The night sky over Cork Harbour was lit...
News July 5, 2022 July 5, 2022 The pieces are arranged inside original prison cells. An intriguing exhibition of artwork created by inmates at Cork Prison is...
Perfect for a cold, dark, winter's night. Spike Island has announced that its After Dark prison tours are back and...
We all love a good murder mystery. In the dark, wet, isolated corridors of Spike Island prison once lived thieves,...
A visitor to Spike Island left with a rather unsettling souvenir over the weekend. LinkedIn trainer Louise Bunyan snapped a...
News February 5, 2018 July 18, 2018 Nervous Nellies need not apply. If you'd like to spend an evening frightening the actual bejesus out of yourself, the Spike...