Tuskar Rock (Irish: An Tuscar) is a group of rocks topped by a lighthouse 11 kilometres (6.8 miles) off the southeast coast of County Wexford, Ireland...
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Tuskar Rock may refer to one of the following: Tuskar Rock, Ireland, an island off County Wexford Tuskar Rock air disaster at Tuskar Rock, Ireland, in...
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Aer Lingus Flight 712 (redirect from Tuskar Rock air disaster)
aircraft, a Vickers Viscount 803 named St. Phelim, crashed into the sea off Tuskar Rock, County Wexford. Although the investigation into the crash lasted two...
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Alternatively, the name might derive (as with the similarly named Tuskar Rock, Ireland and various other Tusker Rocks in the Bristol Channel and Milford...
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it could spread to Oceanic. On 7 August 1901 in a heavy fog, near Tuskar Rock, Ireland, Oceanic was involved in a collision with the small Waterford Steamship...
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Proposed British Isles fixed sea link connections (redirect from Tuskar Tunnel)
contemporary—road or rail, bridge or tunnel—designed to connect the islands of Ireland and Great Britain, connect the island of Great Britain to mainland Europe...
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Fastnet Lighthouse (redirect from Fastnet Rock Lighthouse)
lighthouse situated on the remote Fastnet Rock in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the most southerly point of Ireland and lies 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) southwest...
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Viscount EI-AOM accident occurred near Tuskar Rock Ireland (Report). Air Accident Investigation Unit Ireland. p. 56. Osborne and Sowdon 1990, pp. 29–30...
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Bahama Bank (category Landforms of the Irish Sea)
the point where it was unseaworthy. The Neophyte arrived off the Tuskar Rock, Ireland, still experiencing stormy weather and proceeded onwards to Point...
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The Bull Rock Lighthouse, is an active aid to navigation located 4 km off Dursey Island, Ireland. Although requested, Calf Rock was chosen and an iron...
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SS Mesaba (1898) (category Ships built in Northern Ireland)
torpedoed and sunk by SM UB-118 21 nautical miles (39 km) east of the Tuskar Rock in the Irish Sea on 1 September 1918 with the loss of 20 of her crew, while...
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Inisheer (category Articles containing Irish-language text)
Inisheer (Irish: Inis Oírr [ˈɪnʲɪʃ iːɾˠ], Inis Thiar [ˈɪnʲɪʃ hiəɾˠ] or Inis Oirthir [ˈɪnʲɪʃ ˈɛɾʲhəɾʲ]) is the smallest and most easterly of the three...
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Atlantic Ocean 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south east by south of the Tuskar Rock, Ireland (52°10′N 6°08′W / 52.167°N 6.133°W / 52.167; -6.133) by SM UC-65...
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coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) This is a list of islands of Ireland. Ireland is itself an island, lying west of the island of Great Britain and...
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origins revealed". Irish Independent. "Archaeologia Cambrensis". W. Pickering. 2 August 1920 – via Google Books. "An Tuscar/Tuskar Rock". Logainm.ie. Lacy...
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St George's Channel about 35 nautical miles (65 km) northeast of Tuskar Rock, Ireland. On 27 February 1918 SM U-61 torpedoed the 7,402 GRT M-class refrigerated...
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Hook Lighthouse (category Lighthouses in the Republic of Ireland)
The Hook Lighthouse (Irish: Teach Solais Rinn Duáin; also known as Hook Head Lighthouse) is a building situated on Hook Head at the tip of the Hook Peninsula...
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Ballycotton Lighthouse (category Lighthouses in the Republic of Ireland)
Ballycotton, County Cork, on the south coast of Ireland. The lighthouse is maintained by the Commissioners of Irish Lights and is listed on the National Inventory...
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Eagle Island lighthouses (category Lighthouses in the Republic of Ireland)
Island lighthouses are a pair of lighthouses on Eagle Island, County Mayo, Ireland, of which only one remains operational. Two lighthouses were commissioned...
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Tory Island (category Important Bird Areas of the Republic of Ireland)
in the north-west of Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. It is officially known by its Irish name Toraigh, which, although spelled thus, is pronounced...
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History of County Wexford (category Articles containing Irish-language text)
crewmembers, were killed. The crash is often referred to as the Tuskar Rock Air Disaster. Ireland joined the European Economic Community (E.E.C.), now known...
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escort Venturane to Liverpool. On the way, between Holyhead and the Tuskar Rock, Ireland, they encountered HMS Stag. Stag took over Venturane, which arrived...
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Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) south south west of the Tuskar Rock, Ireland (50°55′N 7°03′W / 50.917°N 7.050°W / 50.917; -7.050) by SM U-59...
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Baltimore Beacon (category Irish maritime stubs)
Sherkin Island near the entrance to the harbour at Baltimore, County Cork, Ireland. The structure is approximately 50 feet (15 m) high and 15 feet (4.6 m)...
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sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of the Tuskar Rock, Ireland (51°53′N 6°24′W / 51.883°N 6.400°W / 51.883; -6.400) by SM UC-51...
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List of traffic separation schemes (section Irish Sea)
at Lands End Fastnet Rock, south of Ireland Off Tuskar Rock, named after the lighthouse on one of the islands forming Tuskar rock Off Smalls Holyhead Harbour...
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SS City of Glasgow (1906) (category Shipwrecks in the Irish Sea)
torpedoed and sunk by SM UB-118 21 nautical miles (39 km) east of the Tuskar Rock in the Irish Sea on 1 September 1918 with the loss of 12 of her crew, while...
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(secondary coordinates) This is a list of lighthouses in Ireland. The Commissioners of Irish Lights are responsible for the majority of marine navigation...
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Poolbeg Lighthouse (category Lighthouses in the Republic of Ireland)
Lighthouse (Irish: Teach Solais an Phoill Bhig) is an active aid to navigation at the mouth of the River Liffey, near Poolbeg in Dublin, Ireland. First established...
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the Irish government put undue pressure on the company to place the order to keep the dockyard open. Daunt Rock Skellig Rock Tuskar Rock Fastnet Rock Lough...
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