Sherkin Island (Ireland)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Sherkin Island (Ireland)
Coordinates
-9.41666667 -9.41666667 51.46666667 51.46666667 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Islands Ireland
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q3750893
Library of congress: sh 93005058
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: 93-640518: Journal of Sherkin Island, 1980:v. 1, no. 1.
  • Lippincott(Sherkin Island; just off Baltimore, SW Cork, Cork, Ireland)
  • Bartholomew, 1943(Sherkin Island ... Ireland)
  • LC data base, 6/22/93(Sherkin Island, Ireland)

Wikipedia description:

Sherkin Island, historically called Inisherkin (Irish: Inis Arcáin), lies southwest of County Cork in Ireland alongside other islands of Roaringwater Bay. It had a population of 111 people at the time of the 2016 Census, and measures five kilometres (three miles) long by 2.5 kilometres (1+1⁄2 miles) wide. The island has one pub, a bed and breakfast, a community centre and a Roman Catholic church.

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