Skerries

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Skerries

Total population

10,743

Coordinates53.58°, -6.11°

Demographic figures from Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Skerries is a coastal town in the north of County Dublin, Ireland. It is within the Fingal local government area. Skerries was historically a fishing port and later a centre of hand embroidery. These industries declined in the early 20th century, however, and it became both a resort town and a commuter town for Dublin 30 km (19 mi) to the south. Offshore from the town are several islands, one of which is a nature reserve, Rockabill.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Harry Reynolds

Irish racing cyclist (1874–1940)

Derek Landy

author, screenwriter

Martin Finnegan

Irish motorcycle racer (1979–2008)

James Reilly

Irish Fine Gael politician

Charles W. Jones

American politician (1834–1897)

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Marie Kean

Irish actress (1918–1993)

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Edward Allman-Smith

Field hockey player and soldier (1886-1969)

Con Martin

Irish footballer (1923–2013)

S

Sinéad de Valera

wife of Eamon de Valera (1878–1975)

L

Lesley Roy

Irish singer

Aebh Kelly

Irish soprano

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Claire Scanlan

Irish footballer (born 1972)

Diane Caldwell

Irish soccer player

Eddie Flynn

Irish footballer (1919–2002)

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F. J. McCormick

Irish actor

J

J.P. "Paddy" Saul

Irish aviator

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Dublin

• Balrothery
  3.4 mi away
• Lusk
  4.5 mi away · pop. 8,806
• Balscaddan
  5.7 mi away
• Portraine
  6 mi away
• Donabate
  6.7 mi away · pop. 9,669
• Malahide
  9.2 mi away · pop. 18,608
• Castleknock
  17.8 mi away
• Ongar
  18.7 mi away
• Dundrum
  20.9 mi away
• Dalkey
  20.9 mi away
• Clondalkin
  21.4 mi away · pop. 45,165
• Cornelscourt
  21.7 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Skerries

Search results from Open Library.