Sherkin Island
Sherkin Island or Inisherkin is one of the islands of Roaringwater Bay in County Cork, a short ferry ride from Baltimore. Its Irish name Inis Arcáin means "Island of the Piglet", which probably refers to sea-pigs meaning porpoises.Photo: Jbuck78, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Ireland
- Historically known as: “Inisherkin”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Heir Island and Dunasead Castle.
Heir Island
Island
Heir Island, also known as Hare Island or Inishodriscol, is an island in southwest County Cork, Ireland. It has a year-round population of around 25–30.
Dunasead Castle
Castle
Photo: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunasead Castle, sometimes known as Baltimore Castle, is a 17th-century fortified house situated in the town of Baltimore in County Cork, Ireland. The tower house is built on the site of an earlier Norman-era structure, which itself replaced an earlier Bronze Age ringfort.
Baltimore Lifeboat Station
Building
Photo: Charles W Glynn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Baltimore Lifeboat Station is located at Bull Point, near Baltimore, a town approximately 85 km south west of Cork, on the south-west tip of County Cork, on the south coast of Ireland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baltimore.
Baltimore
Baltimore is a village in County Cork near the southwest tip of Ireland. The harbour is large, and sheltered by islands - several are inhabited and are also described on this page.
Sherkin Island
- Category: landform
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Sherkin Island” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Sherkin uhartea”
- Breton: “Inis Arcáin”
- Cebuano: “Sherkin Island”
- Dutch: “Sherkin Island”
- French: “île Sherkin”
- French: “Île Sherkin”
- Irish: “Inis Arcáin”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Inis Earcáin”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sherkin Island”
- Swedish: “Sherkin Island”
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