Berehaven Handover (30 September 1938)
On 1 October 1938, The Times reported on the handover of Berehaven (51°37′50.49″N 9°52′44.10″W / 51.6306917°N 9.878917°W / 51.6306917; -9.878917) on 30 September 1938 as follows:
LAST BRITISH TROOPS LEAVE EIRE - The last of the British troops stationed at the Southern Irish coast defences left last night for England. British troops under Major Clarke on Thursday officially handed over the fort at Berehaven, 100 miles from Cork City, and yesterday they entrained at Bantry and arrived at Cork during the afternoon. After spending a few hours in the city, they embarked in the motor-vessel Innisfallen for Fishguard, being seen off by large crowds that gathered at the quayside.
The Times' choice of headline was a little misleading in one respect - the British troops at Berehaven were not the last troops to leave the Irish state. The evacuation of Lough Swilly was yet to take place.
Read more about this topic: Treaty Ports (Ireland)
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