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With Sherkin Island to the right hand side.
Sherkin Island is in the southwest of Co. Cork alongside other islands of Roaring Water Bay.
It had a population of 106 people at the time of the 2006 Census.
It has a primary school, two pubs, a hotel, bed and breakfast, community centre and a church.
It measures 3 mi by 1.5 mi (5 km by 3 km) and is the second most southerly point in Ireland after its neighbour Cape-Clear Island.
Like other coastal parts of Ireland, Sherkin can be affected by heavy coastal gales.
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Julie Oldfield | 07-Feb-2016 04:30 | |