Maiden Rock

Maiden Rock is an islet in , . Maiden Rock is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dalkey and Dalkey Island.

Railway station
Photo: Andrewrabbott, Public domain.
railway station is a railway station that serves in , .

Islet
Photo: Jpfahy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an island for which the nearby village of is named. It is an uninhabited island located in the county of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, about 16 kilometres south of and 3 km south of harbour.

School
Loreto Abbey Dalkey is a Catholic secondary school for girls, under the auspices of the Sisters of Loreto. The school is owned by the board of trustees of the Sisters of Loreto. Adjoining is a Loreto Girls National School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dalkey and Dún Laoghaire.

Photo: William Murphy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a picturesque seaside village in the suburbs of Dublin. It has a Norman castle, several scenic walks, and the island just offshore was a pilgrimage site and slave market.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a port 10 km south of Dublin. It's no longer the ferry port, but has strong associations with James Joyce, who wrote and set the opening scenes of Ulysses here.

Suburb
Photo: Raymond Okonski, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an area of in , in , . The area consists mainly of former local authority housing built between the late 1940s and the mid-1950s by the Corporation of Dún Laoghaire. is situated 3½ km west of Maiden Rock.

Maiden Rock

Latitude
53.27792° or 53° 16′ 41″ north
Longitude
-6.09173° or 6° 5′ 30″ west
Open location code
9C5M7WH5+58
Open­Street­Map ID
way 34679704
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
3230519
Wiki­data ID
Q31570655
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Irish—“Maiden Rock” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Maiden Rock”
  • Irish: “Carraig na Maighdean”

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