Bull Island

Bull Island, more properly North Bull Island, is an island located in in Ireland, about 5 km long and 800 m wide, lying roughly parallel to the shore off , , , and facing .
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: island in Ireland
  • Also known as: North Bull Island

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Royal Dublin Golf Club and Manresa House, Dublin.

Golf course
, founded in 1885, is Ireland's third oldest golf club. It is a private members' club, with an 18-hole links course on Bull Island, , .

Manresa House is a retreat centre run by the Society of Jesus in the area of in , near . In the 19th century it was home to Robert Warren and Arthur Guinness, and it is a protected structure.

School
is a large Roman Catholic second-level all-girls school in , , , attached to a convent, and with sporting facilities. The school had an enrolment of 773 in 2017.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dollymount and Kilbarrack.

Locality
, often known as "Dollyer" to , is a coastal suburban area on the north coast of , within , on the northside of , , just east of .

Suburb
is a residential suburb of , , running inwards from the coast, about 8 km from the city's centre. It is also a civil parish in the ancient barony of Coolock.

Suburb
is a northern suburb of , , halfway from the city centre to . It is centred on a historic settlement, first documented in 570 AD.

Bull Island

Latitude
53.36884° or 53° 22′ 8″ north
Longitude
-6.14779° or 6° 8′ 52″ west
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
9C5M9V92+GV
Geo­Names ID
7869993
Wiki­data ID
Q3778009
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Urdu—“Bull Island” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Bull uhartea
  • Cebuano: North Bull Island
  • French: Bull Island
  • Irish: An Bulla Thuaidh
  • Irish: Oileán an Bhulla
  • Japanese: ブル島
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Bull Island
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: North Bull Island
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Oileán an Tharbh Thuaidh
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Oileán an Tharbh
  • Persian: بول ایلند
  • Portuguese: Ilha do Boi
  • Portuguese: Ilha do Touro
  • Slovak: North Bull Island
  • Spanish: Isla Bull
  • Swedish: North Bull Island
  • Urdu: جزیرہ بل

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Highlights include North Bull Island and Panorama Dublin.

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