A
skerry 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
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Skerries, County Armagh, a
townland in County Armagh
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Skerry, County Antrim, a
parish in County Antrim
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The Skerries, Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland
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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
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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 ...
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Skerries, County Kildare, a
townland in County Kildare
Russia
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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
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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
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Sule Skerry
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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
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Auskerry
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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
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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
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Ve Skerries
South Georgia
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Skrap Skerries
United States
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Skerry, New York
Wales
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The Skerries, Isle of Anglesey
Australia
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The Skerries (Victoria)
Literature and music
*Skerry, a fictional mammal in Neal Stephenson's novel ''
Cryptonomicon''
*"Skerries", isolated parts of
''The Dreaming'' (comics) in ''The Sandman''
*""From the Outermost Skerries", fourth symphony in C minor, Op. 39, by
Hugo Alfvén
Other uses
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Battle of Skerries, a 1316 battle in Skerries, County Kildare
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Skerries RFC, a rugby team based in Skerries, Dublin
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Skerry cruiser, aka square metre yachts, a type of sailing vessel
* ''
Storm Over the Skerries'', a 1938 Swedish film directed by Ivar Johansson
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