Native name: Cloch Dábhiolla Nickname: The Cow and The Calf | |
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  Rockabill | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Irish Sea |
| Coordinates | 53.°35.49′N 6.°0.16′W / 53.59150°N 6.00267°W |
| Archipelago | Rockabill |
| Total islands | 2 (The Rock and The Bill) |
| Major islands | The Rock |
| Administration | |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | Dublin |
| Barony | Skerries |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 2, May through August[1] (2014) |
Rockabill (Irish: Cloch Dábhiolla)[2] 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.
- ^ O'Reilly, Brian (15 April 2014). "No man is an island – except if you get new €400 a week bird watching job". Irish Independent.
- ^ "Cloch Dábhiolla/Rockabill". Placenames Database of Ireland.