Standing in Cobh harbour you can see a 42 hectare big island roughly 2k from the mainland – Spike Island (Irish: Inis Píc). The island is famous for its prison so the well known term “escape from…” was used to give the swim its name. Not many people escaped the island. In 1921 the IRA … Racereport 2010-18: Escape from Spike Island (Spike Island – Cobh) weiterlesen