Schull
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thumb|Historic barometer on display next to the post office thumb|Ruins of the medieval parish church thumb|Mount Gabriel, which overlooks the town, as seen behind houses at the north end of the Colla Road Schull or Skull ( ; or Scoil Mhuire, meaning "Mary's School") is a town on the south-west coast of County Cork in Ireland.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Skull
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ga
- Settlement.other_name
- Schull
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Schull.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Schull's main street
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ireland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Munster
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- County Cork
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
- Settlement.population_total
- 669
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Cork
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Schull main street.jpg
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- Commons category
- Schull
- Irish Grid Reference
- V924317
- historic county
- County Cork
- native label
- An Scoil
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Encyclopedic overview
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thumb|Historic barometer on display next to the post office thumb|Ruins of the medieval parish church thumb|Mount Gabriel, which overlooks the town, as seen behind houses at the north end of the Colla Road Schull or Skull ( ; or Scoil Mhuire, meaning "Mary's School") is a town on the south-west coast of County Cork in Ireland.
Located on the southwest coast of Ireland in the municipal district of West Cork, the town is dominated by Mount Gabriel (407 m). It has a sheltered harbour, used for recreational boating. The area, on the peninsula leading to Mizen Head, is a tourist destination, and there are numerous holiday homes along the adjoining coast. Schull had a population of 669 in 2022. The town's secondary school, Schull Community College, houses one of the only planetariums in Ireland, along with a sailing school. Each year Schull harbour hosts the Fastnet International Schools Regatta.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Schull” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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