Dalkey Island (Ireland)
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Name (Latin)
Dalkey Island (Ireland)
Other forms of name
Dheilginse, Oileán (Ireland)
Oiléan Dheilginse (Ireland)
Coordinates
-6.084132 -6.084132 53.272027 53.272027 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Islands Ireland
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q3776791
Library of congress:
sh2003003563
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Dalkey Island, 2001(a small, rocky, granite island at the south end of Dublin Bay)
- Columbia gaz. world, 1998(under Dalkey: just SE in the Irish Sea is Dalkey Island)
- GEOnet, 3 Feb. 2003(Dalkey Island, 53⁰16ʹ13ʺN 006⁰04ʹ55ʺW; variant: Dheilginse, Oileán)
Wikipedia description:
Dalkey Island ( DAW-kee) (Irish: Oileán Dheilginse) is an island for which the nearby village of Dalkey is named (Irish: Oileán Dheilginse meaning "thorn island", with ey the Old Norse (Viking) version of "island"). It is an uninhabited island located in the county of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, about 16 km (9.9 mi) south of Dublin and 3 km (1.9 mi) south of Dún Laoghaire harbour. An important site of pilgrimage for centuries, it has been known as "St Begnet's Isle" since records began. The earliest reference to 'Dalkey Island' is from c. 1782. The island had a population of 8 in 1841.
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