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Skerries may refer to a number of geographical locations: In Ireland :- The Gaelic translation of Skerries is Na Sceire which means "sea rocks". : Skerries, Dublin , a seaside town in north Dublin :Skerries is a seaside town in Fingal , Fingal County. (Geographic coordinates for Skerries Harbour, ). The town is located about 30 km north of central Dublin (M1 north of Dublin Airport, turn right at R 132 junction and right at R 127) and 5 km south of Balbriggan and is on the main Belfast to Dublin railway line. The town is famous in north county Dublin for having the largest concentration of pubs in the area. Although the population of Skerries is less than 10,000 there are at least 15 bars in the town. The oldest and most well known pubs are Joe May's, The Coast Inn, The Black Raven and Fingal's Cave. In Northern Ireland : : The Skerries , a group of rocky islets located off the north coast near Portrush , County Antrim In Scotland : :The Out Skerries islands :The Ve Skerries islands :The Pentland Skerries : Sule Skerry In Wales : : The Skerries (in Welsh , Ynysoedd y Moelrhoniaid), a group of rocky islets located off the north coast of Anglesey In Scandinavia : :The term skerry is derived from the Old Norse ''sker'', which means a rock in the sea. The Old Norse term ''sker'' got into the English Language via the Scots Language . It is a Cognate of the Scandinavian Language s' (''skjær'', ''skär'' and ''skjär''). Scandinavian skerries are most commonly formed at the outlet of Fjord s where submerged glacially formed valleys at right angles with the coast join with other cross valleys in a complex array. In some places near the seaward margins of heavily fjorded areas, the ice-scoured channels were so numerous and varied in direction that the rocky coast is divided into thousands of island blocks, some large & mountainous while others a merely rocky points or rock Reef s, menacing navigation. :Examples include:
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