Sherkin Island

from Walking in Ireland

Cars line a hill facing the pier on Sherkin Island. (Some of the island's vehicles have defective starters, and the owners get their engines going by rolling the cars downhill.)

Many cars on Sherkin and other smaller islands have expired license plates. Island residents often have two cars: A registered car on the mainland, and an unregistered older car for use on the island. (Officially, the island roads are public roads, but there are no Garda or police on the smaller islands and nobody worries too much about technicalities.)

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Walking in Ireland - General Information:
Introduction	Resources and Web links
Types of walking trips

Walks in Northern Ireland:
Giant's Causeway	Rathlin Island
Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge	Guide: Chris Murphy

Walks in Southwest Ireland:
Roaringwater Bay	Sheep's Head Way
Sherkin Island	Glengarriff Nature Reserve
Heir Island	Guides: SouthWestWalks Ireland
Cape Clear Island

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Bunratty Manor Hotel (Shannon Airport)

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