Spike Island

Spike Island (Irish: Inis Píc) is an island of 103 acres (42 ha) in Cork Harbour, Ireland. Originally the site of a monastic settlement, the island is dominated by an 18th-century bastion fort now named Fort Mitchel.

The island's strategic location within the harbour meant it was used at times for defence and as a prison. Since the early 21st century the island has been developed as a heritage tourist attraction, with €5.5 million investment in exhibition and visitor spaces and accompanying tourism marketing. There were in excess of 81,000 visitors to the island during 2019, a 21% increase on 2018 numbers. Spike Island was named top European tourist attraction at the 2017 World Travel Awards.

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Spike Islandは、アトラスの城の知名度ランキングで世界869位（全3,734件中）、アイルランドの53件では16位にランクされています。約1750年に創建され、アトラスの年代判明済みの城の19%より古い城です（18世紀に創建されたアトラス収録の272件のひとつ）。アイルランドが他とどう比べられるかは、城の統計をご覧ください。

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