Rockabill

Rockabill
Native name:
Cloch Dábhiolla
Nickname: The Cow and The Calf
Rockabill
Geography
LocationIrish Sea
Coordinates53.°35.49′N 6.°0.16′W / 53.59150°N 6.00267°W / 53.59150; -6.00267
ArchipelagoRockabill
Total islands2 (The Rock and The Bill)
Major islandsThe Rock
Administration
ProvinceLeinster
CountyDublin
BaronySkerries
Demographics
Population2, May through August (2014)

Rockabill (Irish: Cloch Dábhiolla) is a close pair of islands (Rock and Bill) 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.