Spike Island stands tall in Cork's natural harbour just 15 minutes ferry experience from the stunning historical past city of Cobh. The island has a darkish and fascinating past. Used as an Island jail, citadel, monastery and domestic, nowadays traffic can meet captains and convicts and sinners and saints as you uncover 1300 years of Irish records. With jail cells, deep tunnels, island walks and more than one museums, explore the 'Irish Alcatraz' via a guided tour or the use of the free map and app. Access to the island is by using ferry from Kennedy pier, Cobh, visit www.Spikeislandcork.Ie for sailings and starting instances. Today the island has several museums and exhibitions at the social, army, penal and monastic past, and there are beautiful perspectives as you complete the 'Ring of Spike', a 5km on foot path with interpreted signage. You can also visit the cafe and gift keep for a difficult-earned rest. With a loose map and app on arrival and covered guided tour with Ireland’s first-rate storytellers, it's your day, your way, at citadel Spike Island. A faraway monastery within the Celtic sea, a castle constructed to guard an empire, an island jail that held a nation, centuries of Irish social lifestyles.