{"id":2389,"date":"2007-04-18T12:24:37","date_gmt":"2007-04-18T12:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/?p=2389"},"modified":"2023-08-26T12:39:15","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T12:39:15","slug":"the-skerries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/2007\/04\/the-skerries\/","title":{"rendered":"The Skerries"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the very end of my last day in Ireland, I went to the Skerries. It is a little seaside town on and around Red Island, a tied island sticking out like a thumb into the coast just north of Dublin.
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Skerries is the Viking word for rocks. In Finland, any small rocky island is called a skerry. Actually something similar to skerry means sea rock in just about any language related to Old Norse, Russian or any Gaelic.<\/p>\n

These photos are taken from Red Island. There are five other islands; Shenick Island, St Patrick’s, Colt and Rockabill.<\/p>\n

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Skerries Lighthouse on Rockabill island, The Skerries, Fingal, Ireland<\/p><\/div>\n

Rockabill is the most distant island. The Skerry lighthouse was built there 1855\u20131860. Rockabill is actually two rock islands, The Rock and The Bill or The Cow and The Calf. It looks like just one island, but they are actually some 65 feet apart, separated by a channel.<\/p>\n

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Napoleon Tower, Shenick Island, The Skerries, Fingal, Ireland<\/p><\/div>\n

Shenick Island has a round Martello tower, one of the towers built as lookout and signal towers during the Napoleonic Wars of 1803 to 1815. There is another Napoleon tower on the other side of Red Island.<\/p>\n

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It is very shallow when the tide is out at The Skerries.<\/p><\/div>\n

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See the man walking in the water? It is very shallow when the tide is out at The Skerries.<\/p><\/div>\n

The water is so shallow, it might be possible to walk to the other islands at low tide, but it\u2019s not a good idea, since the fast returning tide can be very dangerous.<\/p>\n

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Skerries Harbor from Harbour Road, County Dublin<\/p><\/div>\n

This is Skerries Harbor. The first pier was built here around 1496. There is a playground and a swimming area.<\/p>\n

\"Picnic<\/a>

Picnic Table with a view of Skerries Lighthouse on Rockabill island, The Skerries, Fingal, Ireland<\/p><\/div>\n

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Skerries Lighthouse on Rockabill island. This view makes it more clear that it is actually two rock islands.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Skerries Lighthouse on Rockabill island<\/p><\/div>\n

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Skerries Lighthouse on Rockabill island in the distance<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Martello<\/a>

Martello tower on Shenick Island, The Skerries, Fingal, Ireland<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Martello<\/a>

Martello tower on Shenick Island, The Skerries, Fingal, Ireland<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Martello<\/a>

Martello tower on Shenick Island, The Skerries, Fingal, Ireland<\/p><\/div>\n

\"People<\/a>

People walking where the tide is out. In the background is a Martello Tower on Shenick Island, The Skerries, Fingal, Ireland<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Martello<\/a>

Martello Tower on Shenick Island, The Skerries, Fingal, Ireland<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Napoleon<\/a>

Napoleon Tower, The Skerries, Fingal, Ireland
People walking in the water<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Napoleon<\/a>

Napoleon Tower, The Skerries, Fingal, Ireland
Someone walking in the water<\/p><\/div>\n

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Skerries Harbor from Harbour Road, County Dublin<\/p><\/div>\n

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Skerries Harbor from Harbour Road, County Dublin<\/p><\/div>\n

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Skerries Harbor from Harbour Road, County Dublin<\/p><\/div>\n

When it got dark, I went back to my room and flew home in the morning.<\/p>\n

Next: Hillview House ><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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