Spike Island beats Buckingham Palace and Eiffel Tower to secure Europe’s No 1 tourist attraction

With 1,300 years of history, Ireland’s ‘Alcatraz’ has been named Europe’s No 1 tourist attraction, writes Sean O’Riordan

Spike Island beats Buckingham Palace and Eiffel Tower to secure Europe’s No 1 tourist attraction
Mon, 02 Oct, 2017 - 01:00
Sean O’Riordan

Picture: Declan Daly, division manager, John Crotty, Spike Island manager, County Mayor Cllr Declan Hurley, and David Keane, former county engineer, with the ‘Top European Attraction’ award.

IN July 2010, Cork County Council took over Spike Island from the Department of Justice and set up Spike Island Development Company to run it.

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