DEFENCES AT CORK.—Mr de Valera, Prime Minister of Eire, is shown passing the guard of honour, bottom, after landing on Spike Island to hoist the flag of Eire over the harbour defences of Cork, which Eire now garrisons under an agreement negotiated with England last April. Soldiers of Britain and Eire are shown, right, chatting outside the gate of the old fortress of Spike Island. Mr de Valera hoists the green-white-and-gold flag of Eire over the fortress, left, as British soldiers evacuated the island garrison.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 227, 24 August 1938, Page 6
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85DEFENCES AT CORK.—Mr de Valera, Prime Minister of Eire, is shown passing the guard of honour, bottom, after landing on Spike Island to hoist the flag of Eire over the harbour defences of Cork, which Eire now garrisons under an agreement negotiated with England last April. Soldiers of Britain and Eire are shown, right, chatting outside the gate of the old fortress of Spike Island. Mr de Valera hoists the green-white-and-gold flag of Eire over the fortress, left, as British soldiers evacuated the island garrison. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 227, 24 August 1938, Page 6
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