Red Island
Red Island is a land-tied island in Leinster, Ireland. Red Island is situated nearby to the town Skerries, as well as near the locality Holmpatrick.Places of Interest
Highlights include Skerries Lifeboat Station and Red Island Martello Tower.
Skerries Lifeboat Station
Building
Skerries Lifeboat Station is situated at Harbour Road, on Red Island, a tied island at Skerries, County Dublin, a town approximately 31 kilometres north of Dublin in the administrative region of Fingal, on the east coast of Ireland.
Colt Island
Islet
Photo: jai, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Colt Island is the closest and smallest of three low-lying, uninhabited islands off the headland of Skerries, County Dublin in Ireland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Loughshinny and Balrothery.
Loughshinny
Village
Photo: Colm O hAonghusa, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loughshinny is a small coastal village in northern County Dublin, Ireland, between Skerries and Rush. Loughshinny's more famous landmarks are the Martello Tower on the nearby headland of Drumanagh and some unusual rock formations visible on some of the many coastal walks in the area. Loughshinny is situated 4½ km south of Red Island.
Balrothery
Village
Photo: Offdaw, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Balrothery is a village and civil parish located in Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland. The town has historically been called Baile Ruairí in Irish. The 2022 census population for Balrothery was 2,282. Balrothery is situated 6 km west of Red Island.
Balbriggan
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Balbriggan is a seaside town at the north end of County Dublin, 32 km north of Dublin city centre. It was a small fishing village until 1780 then grew rapidly as a textile town, processing cotton and linen.
Red Island
- Type: Land-tied island
- Description: tied island in County Dublin, Ireland
- Categories: tied island and landform
- Location: Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Red Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Red Island (lawis)”
- Cebuano: “Red Island”
- Irish: “An tOileán Rua”
- Swedish: “Red Island (halvö)”
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