Достопримечательности Ирландии
Rockabill
- Rockabill. Total islands. 2 (The Rock and The Bill). ... Rockabill is an important seabird breeding island, especially notable for its terns.
- sunset-view-from-rockabill-island. ... This is Rochelle’s first season as a warden on Rockabill, having moved to Ireland from the United States last year.
- Location: Rockabill is a small island (0.9ha) situated 7 km off the coast of north County Dublin, east‐north‐east of the coastal town of Skerries.
- Rockabill Island Cloch Dábhiolla A name in Irish, also Lighthouse Island an extra name in English Dublin County in Leinster Province, in Irish Islands List.
- Names: Colt Island - Inis Coilt Rockabill - Cloch Dábhiolla (two bill rock) St. Patrick's Island - Inis Pádraig Shenick's Island - Oileán Sionnaigh (Fox Island).
- In myth, there are two stories as to how the islands were formed. In one, Rockabill is the petrified dog of Bóinn, Dabilla.
- ROCKABILL, the island lying off the coast of Skerries, was used an prehistoric ‘sight’ aligning a distant standing stone to the rising sun on the winter solstice.
- Rockabill is a pair of islands in the western Irish Sea about 6 kilometres east-north-east of Skerries, County Dublin, Ireland. Mapcarta, the open map.
- It wasn't always like this – the success of Rockabill Island can be put down to the hard work and dedication of countless wardens, volunteers and conservationists.
Краткая информация
Пара островов в западной части Ирландского моря примерно в 6 километрах к востоку-северо-востоку от Шхеррис, графство Дублин, Ирландия. Два гранитных острова разделены каналом шириной около 20 метров.