skerry A skerry is a small rocky island, or islet, usually too small for human habitation. It may simply be a rocky reef. A skerry can also be called a low sea stack. A skerry may have vegetative life such as moss and small, hardy grasses. They a ...

is a small rocky island, usually defined to be too small for habitation. Skerry, skerries, or The Skerries may also refer to:

Geography

Northern Ireland

* Skerries, County Armagh, a townland in County Armagh * Skerry, County Antrim, a parish in County Antrim *

The Skerries, Northern Ireland The Skerries are a small group of rocky islands (skerries) just off Portrush, County Antrim, on the north coast of Northern Ireland. Winkle Isle is the local name for the large Skerry island, the small Skerry being known as Castle Isle. The islan ...

Republic of Ireland

Skerries, Dublin Skerries () is a coastal town in Fingal, in the north of County Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Skerries was historically a fishing port and later a centre of hand embroidery. These industries declined in the early 20th century, however, ...

, a seaside town in Fingal, County Dublin **

Skerries railway station Skerries railway station (Irish: ''Stáisiún na Sceirí'') serves Skerries in County Dublin, Ireland. History The station opened on 25 May 1844. Description The station has two platforms for the lines that run through the station. There ...

* Skerries, County Kildare, a townland in County Kildare

Russia

Minina Skerries The Minina Skerries (Russian: Шхеры Минина; ''Shkhery Minina'') are located in the Kara Sea, in the northwestern shores of Siberia. They stretch between the Mikhailov Peninsula and the mouths of the river Pyasina. Their latitude is bet ...

*The area surrounding

Taymyr Island Taymyr Island () is a large island in the coast of the Kara Sea. Its length is and its average width about . This island is located west of the Taymyr Gulf in an area of skerries right off the western coast of the Taymyr Peninsula. The narrow stra ...

Sumsky Skerries The Sumsky Skerries (russian: Сумские шхеры, Sumskiye Shkhery) are an extensive cluster of islands, islets and shoals in the White Sea. They are located in the Onega Bay, close to its southern shore. The largest islands of these skerr ...

Scotland

Sule Skerry Sule Skerry is a remote skerry in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland. Geography Sule Skerry lies west of the Orkney Mainland at . Sule Skerry's sole neighbour, Sule Stack, lies to the southwest; the remote islands of Rona ...

Skerryvore Skerryvore (from the Gaelic ''An Sgeir Mhòr'' meaning "The Great Skerry") is a remote island that lies off the west coast of Scotland, southwest of Tiree. Skerryvore Lighthouse is located on these rocks, built with some difficulty between 18 ...

*A number of locations in the Orkney Islands **

Auskerry Auskerry ( sco, Soond; non, Austrsker, east skerry) is a small island in eastern Orkney, Scotland. It lies in the North Sea south of Stronsay and has a lighthouse, completed in 1866. Description Auskerry is a small, flat, red sandstone islet, ...

Pentland Skerries The Pentland Skerries (Old Norse: ''Pettlandssker'')Pedersen, Roy (January 1992) ''Orkneyjar ok Katanes'' (map, Inverness, Nevis Print) are a group of four uninhabited islands lying in the Pentland Firth, northeast of Duncansby Head and south of So ...

*A number of locations in the Shetland Islands **

Out Skerries The Out Skerries are an archipelago of islets, some inhabited, in Shetland, Scotland, and are the easternmost part of Shetland. Locally, they are usually called Da Skerries or just Skerries. Geography The Out Skerries lie about northeast of ...

**Gaut Skerries, in the

Ramna Stacks The Ramna Stacks are a group of skerries in the Shetland islands. They are north of the northern tip of Mainland, and along with nearby Gruney they are a special protection area on account of their birdlife. From north to south they consist o ...

Ve Skerries The Ve Skerries or Vee Skerries ( non, Vestan sker, West Skerries) are a group of low Skerry, skerries (rocky islands) north west of Papa Stour, on the west coast of Shetland, Scotland. They define the southwest perimeter of St Magnus Bay. Sker ...

South Georgia

Skrap Skerries The Skrap Skerries () are two small groups of islands and rocks ( skerries) lying midway between Cape George and Barff Point, close off the northern coast of the Barff Peninsula of South Georgia Island in Antarctica. The Skerries are divided into t ...

United States

Skerry, New York Skerry is a hamlet in the town of Brandon in Franklin County, New York, United States. It is located east of the Little Salmon River on Franklin County Highway 12 (Skerry Road) and Franklin County Highway 13 (Bangor Skerry Road). Skerry is south ...

Wales

The Skerries, Isle of Anglesey The Skerries (Welsh: ''Ynysoedd y Moelrhoniaid'') () coming from the Old Norse word are a group of sparsely vegetated rocky islets ( skerries), with a total area of about lying offshore from Carmel Head at the northwest corner of Anglesey, ...

Australia

The Skerries (Victoria) The Skerries comprise three small, rocky islands offshore from the mouth of the Wingan River, in East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. The islands are part of Croajingolong National Park The Croajingolong National Park is a coastal na ...

Literature and music

*Skerry, a fictional mammal in Neal Stephenson's novel ''

Cryptonomicon ''Cryptonomicon'' is a 1999 novel by American author Neal Stephenson, set in two different time periods. One group of characters are World War II-era Allied codebreakers and tactical-deception operatives affiliated with the Government Code and ...

'' *"Skerries", isolated parts of ''The Dreaming'' (comics) in ''The Sandman'' *""From the Outermost Skerries", fourth symphony in C minor, Op. 39, by

Hugo Alfvén Hugo Emil Alfvén (; 1 May 18728 May 1960) was a Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter. Career Violinist Alfvén was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and studied at the Royal College of Music (Kungliga Musikhögskolan) from 1887 ...

Other uses

Battle of Skerries The Battle of Skerries, also named the Battle of Ardscull, was a battle in the Bruce campaign in Ireland – part of the First War of Scottish Independence – fought on 26 January 1316, resulting in a Scottish victory. It was part of ...

, a 1316 battle in Skerries, County Kildare *

Skerries RFC Skerries RFC is an Irish rugby team based in Skerries, Dublin in the province of Leinster. They play in Division 2C of the All-Ireland League. The club was founded and became a member of the Leinster Branch of the IRFU in 1926. They played their ...

, a rugby team based in Skerries, Dublin *

Skerry cruiser thumb Skerry cruisers (or Square metre yachts) are yachts, usually wooden, which are constructed according to the Square metre rule. Originating from Sweden, they were historically most popular in the Baltic Sea, though some classes also saw popul ...

, aka square metre yachts, a type of sailing vessel * ''

Storm Over the Skerries ''Storm Over the Skerries'' (Swedish: ''Storm över skären'') is a 1938 Swedish drama film directed by Ivar Johansson and starring Sten Lindgren, Karin Ekelund and Björn Berglund.Qvist & Von Bagh p.93 It was shot at the Sundbyberg Studios of Eu ...

'', a 1938 Swedish film directed by Ivar Johansson {{disambiguation, geo