Rockabill (Irish: Cloch Dábhiolla)[2] is a pair of islands in the western Irish Sea about 6 kilometres east-north-east of Skerries, County Dublin, Ireland.
The two granite islands are separated by a channel about 20 metres wide. On the Rock there is a lighthouse, built 1855–1860 from granite and limestone and automated in 1989, and several walls and outbuildings. These walled areas have enabled a build-up of soil and the establishment of vegetation, notably tree mallow (Lavatera arborea), which provides nesting cover for the birds. The Bill is smaller and has very little vegetation.
Rockabill is an important seabird breeding island, especially notable for its terns. It is an internationally important site for roseate terns, with the largest colony in Europe, 1,597 pairs, and 2,085 pairs of Common Terns (2017 data). Other seabirds include black guillemots and black-legged kittiwakes.
Rockabill Lighthouse is owned by the Commissioners of Irish Lights and is a Refuge for Fauna and a Special Protection Area under the European Union Birds Directive. Since 1989, when the protection afforded by the lighthouse keepers ceased, the islands have been managed by BirdWatch Ireland.[3] The sea area between Rockabill and Dalkey Island has recently been proposed as a Special Area of Conservation.[4]
^O'Reilly, Brian (15 April 2014). "No man is an island – except if you get new €400 a week bird watching job". Irish Independent.
^"Cloch Dábhiolla/Rockabill". Placenames Database of Ireland.
^"Rockabill Tern Project". Birdwatch Ireland. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
^"Designation of New Marine Special Areas of Conservation" (Press release). MerrionStreet.ie: Irish Government News Service. 3 December 2012.
Rockabill (Irish: Cloch Dábhiolla) is a pair of islands in the western Irish Sea about 6 kilometres east-north-east of Skerries, County Dublin, Ireland...
Rockabill Lighthouse is an active 19th century lighthouse, on the larger of the two islands that form Rockabill. The islands lie some 5 kilometres (3...
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known as the "Skerries Islands Natural Heritage Area". Further out lies Rockabill, which is Dublin's most isolated island, at about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi)...
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clockwork. When this mechanism was combined with a revolving lens in Rockabill Lighthouse, the world's first lighthouse with a group-flashing characteristic...
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footbridge is 1 mile from the Martello tower on Red Island and 8 km from Rockabill lighthouse The commuter train is the only train that stops at the station...
and Cooley Mountains in the north as far south as Lambay Island and the Rockabill Lighthouse.[citation needed] The headland is also the site of the Red...
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