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St Patrick's Island (Irish: Inis Pádraig, meaning 'St Patrick's Island') is the most distant of three low-lying uninhabited islets off the headland of Skerries, County Dublin in Ireland. It is an island of low cliffs and lies about 1.5 km from the mainland, with vegetation consisting of grasses, brambles and other species such as hogweed.
St Patrick's Purgatory is an ancient pilgrimage site on Station Island in Lough Derg, County Donegal, Ireland. According to legend, the site dates from the fifth century, when Christ showed Saint Patrick a cave, sometimes referred to as a pit or a well , on Station Island that was an entrance to Purgatory . [ 2 ]
The town has five islands off its coast: Shenick Island, St Patrick's, Colt and the island formation of Rockabill, which comprises "The Cow" and "The Calf", [3] separated by a narrow channel. There is also Red Island, which is a tied island. Rockabill has the largest number of breeding roseate terns in Europe.
St. Patrick's Isle and Peel Bay as viewed from Peel Hill. A view of the causeway connecting St. Patrick's Isle to Peel. St Patrick's Isle (Manx: Ynnys Pherick) is a small tidal island on the west coast of the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea, largely occupied by the ruins of Peel Castle and of the Pre-Reformation Cathedral of the Diocese of the Isles.
Templepatrick, County Antrim (from Irish Teampall Phádraig, meaning 'Patrick's church') [152] St Patrick's Hill, Liverpool, on old maps of the town near to the former location of "St Patrick's Cross" [153] Parroquia San Patricio y Espiritu Santo. Loiza, Puerto Rico. The site was initially mentioned in 1645 as a chapel.
Peel Castle (Cashtal Phurt ny h-Inshey in Manx Gaelic) is a castle in Peel in the Isle of Man, originally constructed by Norwegians.The castle stands on St Patrick's Isle, which is connected to the town by a causeway.
St. Patrick's, or Kilquane (Irish: Cill Chuáin [1]), is a civil parish situated on both banks of the River Shannon near the city of Limerick in Ireland. It is unusual in that it is distributed over three baronies : Bunratty Lower , Clanwilliam and the barony of the City of Limerick.
The ruins of the original Peel Cathedral (c.1250) can be seen within the walls of Peel Castle on St Patrick's Isle. This replaced an earlier church. [12] Norsemen first came to Mann around the year 800, and ruled the Island for four-and-a-half centuries before finally ceding it to the King of Scotland in 1266. [13]