Fastnet Lighthouse is a 54-metre-tall (177 ft) lighthouse situated on the remote Fastnet Rock in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the most southerly point of...
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Fastnet Rock is an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse stallion. Sired by Danehill to dam Piccadilly Circus, he started his racing career in 2004. Though...
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Cowes and the City of Cherbourg in France. The race is named after the Fastnet Rock off southern Ireland, which the race course rounds. Along with Sydney...
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Fastnet can refer to: Fastnet International Schools Regatta, a regatta held in County Cork, Ireland Fastnet Line, a passenger ferry service operating...
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every two years since 1925 on a 605-mile course from Cowes direct to the Fastnet Rock and then to Plymouth via south of the Isles of Scilly. In 1979, it was...
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winners. His sons include current Coolmore stallions Rock of Gibraltar, Dylan Thomas, Fastnet Rock and Holy Roman Emperor.[citation needed] Coolmore's...
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Northernmost point: Tor Beg rock northeast of Inishtrahull, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland (ROI) Southernmost point: Fastnet Rock southeast of Cape Clear...
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Islet (redirect from Rock (landform))
Marshall Islands Enemanit in Majuro, Marshall Islands Fairway Rock, Bering Strait Fastnet Rock, Ireland Filfla, southern Malta Formigas, in the Azores islands...
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Winner Age Breeding Jockey Trainer Time Odds 2024 Via Sistina 7 b m Fastnet Rock - Nigh James McDonald Chris Waller 2:01.07 4-1 2023 Romantic Warrior...
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submarine U-20 85 nautical miles (157 km; 98 mi) south west by south of the Fastnet Rock in the Atlantic Ocean on 4 September 1915 with the loss of 32 lives,...
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a British steamer originating from Cuba flying a neutral flag, off Fastnet Rock, narrowly missing by a few feet. At 22:30 on 5 May, the Royal Navy sent...
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Hundred Isles are the islands around Long Island Bay and Roaringwater Bay. Fastnet Rock lies in the Atlantic Ocean 11.3 km south of mainland Ireland, making...
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98 mi) off the Fastnet Rock in the south Irish Sea. This rock held one of the key navigational markers in the western ocean, the Fastnet Lighthouse, and...
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Dursey Island (redirect from Calf Rock)
rocks: Bull Rock, Cow Rock and Calf Rock. Bull Rock Lighthouse, which stands on Bull Rock, was built in 1888 and automated in March 1991. Bull Rock was inhabited...
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world, with regular appearances at most of the great races such as the Fastnet, Sydney-Hobart, Bermuda Race, and their own private series of regattas...
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his Australian races by Mark Zahra. His sire, the Australian stallion Fastnet Rock, was a sprinter whose victories included the Lightning Stakes and the...
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hosted by The Fastnet Marine & Outdoor Education Centre. The name Fastnet comes from the most southernly point of Irish territory, Fastnet Rock, and previous...
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The Bull Rock Lighthouse, is an active aid to navigation located 4 km off Dursey Island, Ireland. The lighthouse is the second one constructed in this...
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into English is The Lone Rock which differs in some small details. Carraig Aonair is better known in English as the Fastnet Rock, about 4 miles (6.4 km)...
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engineering works in Ireland, supplying ironwork for railway companies, the Fastnet Rock lighthouse, and a swing bridge over the River Shannon at Athlone. He...
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throughout the year. Cork is home to the RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet, and popular rock musicians and bands including John Spillane, Rory Gallagher, Five Go Down...
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After leaving Queenstown, Titanic followed the Irish coast as far as Fastnet Rock, a distance of some 55 nautical miles (63 mi; 102 km). From there the...
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cycling routes. Mizen Head – Ireland's southernmost point, with views of Fastnet Rock and Lighthouse Kinsale Whiddy Island and Whiddy Island view on R572 road...
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Fascinating Rock is a bay horse with two white socks bred by his owners, the Newton Anner Stud. He was sired by the Australian stallion Fastnet Rock who sired...
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sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 45 nautical miles (83 km) south west of the Fastnet Rock (51°20′N 11°50′W / 51.333°N 11.833°W / 51.333; -11.833) by SM U-62...
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(Bastia, Corsica, France). 17 13–14 August 1979 1979 Fastnet yachting race storms (Fastnet Rock, Ireland, 1979) 16 16 August 1980 16 Football Fans die...
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communication. Some of these tests and experiments took place between the Fastnet lighthouse, Crookhaven, and Cape Clear Island - since they were so closely...
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Island Bere Island Cape Clear Island Capel Island Carbery's Hundred Isles Fastnet Rock Dursey Island Garinish Great Island Heir Island Haulbowline Island Inishfarnard...
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church. Sherkin is one of the most southerly points of Ireland after the Fastnet Rock, Cape Clear, and Brow Head. It is said that when the frost covers the...
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Belarus Nizhnie Zhary, Brahin District, Gomel Region 51°15′N Ireland Fastnet Rock, County Cork Brow Head (mainland) 51°23′N 51°26′N Wales Flat Holm 51°23′N...
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