Spike Island exhibition shares stories of soldiers interned during War of Independence

It's somewhat ironic the Naval Service's commander spends most of his days on Haulbowline Island, just a stone's throw from Spike Island where three of his granduncles were interned in 1921 – and a fact he only found out two years ago.

Flag Officer Commanding the Naval Service, Commodore Mick Malone, was among a handful of people invited to the opening of a new exhibition on Spike Island who had forebears interned there by the British during the War of Independence.