Cork Harbour is a natural harbour and river estuary at the mouth of the River Lee in County Cork, Ireland.
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10 Facts About Cork Harbour
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Cork Harbour has been a working port and a strategic defensive hub for centuries, and it has been one of Ireland's major employment hubs since the early 1900s.
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Main tributary to the harbour is the River Lee which, after flowing through Cork city, passes through the upper harbour in the northwest before passing to the west of Great Island with the main channel emerging into the lower harbour past Haulbowline Island.
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Cork Harbour contains a number of islands of various sizes, some of which are connected to the mainland by bridges.
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At the time of Irish independence, Cork Harbour was included, along with Berehaven and Lough Swilly, in a list of British naval establishments that would remain under the control of the Royal Navy, although the naval dockyard on Haulbowline Island was handed over to the Irish Free State in 1923.
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In March 1938, the British government announced that the treaty ports would be handed over unconditionally, and on 11 July 1938, the defences at Cork Harbour were handed over to the Irish military authorities at a ceremony attended by Taoiseach Eamon de Valera.
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Port of Cork Harbour has berthing facilities at Cork Harbour city, Tivoli, Cobh and Ringaskiddy.
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The facilities in Cork Harbour city are primarily used for grain and oil transport.
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Port of Cork company is a commercial semi-state company responsible for the commercial running of the harbour as well as responsibility for navigation and berthage in the port.
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