Borders of Ireland - Ireland - United Kingdom Border, Territorial Disputes of Ireland, Rockall, Irish Sea (Paperback)

Chapters: Ireland - United Kingdom Border, Territorial Disputes of Ireland, Rockall, Irish Sea, Republic of Ireland - United Kingdom Border, Boundary Commission, Articles 2 and 3 of the Constitution of Ireland, Lough Melvin, River Foyle, Celtic Sea, Carlingford Lough, Lough Foyle, Cuilcagh, St George's Channel, Slieve Rushen, River Blackwater, Northern Ireland, Termon River. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 97. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Rockall - The origin of the name 'Rockall' is debatable but it has been suggested that it derives from the Gaelic 'Sgeir Rocail', meaning "skerry (or "sea rock") of roaring," although rocail can also be translated as "tearing" or "ripping." There may also be an etymological link with the Old Norse 'hrukka'. The first literary reference to the island, where it is called 'Rokol', is found in Martin Martin's A Description of the Western isles of Scotland published in 1703. In the book the author gives an account of a voyage to St Kilda and its proximity to Rockall: ..". and from it lies Rokol, a small rock sixty leagues to the westward of St. Kilda; the inhabitants of this place call it 'Rokabarra'." Dutch mapmakers P. Plancius and C. Claesz show an island 'Rookol' northwest of Ireland in the their Map of New France and the Northern Atlantic Ocean (Amsterdam, c. 1594.) The name 'Rocabarraigh' is also used in Gaelic folklore for a mythical rock which is supposed to appear three times, the last being at the end of the world: "Nuair a thig Rocabarra ris, is dual gun teid an Saoghal a sgrios."When Rocabarra returns, the world will likely come to be destroyed." It has most recently been suggested that the name is really Old Norse, and derives from the word *rok (as in Icelandic rok), meaning 'foaming sea', and kollR, meaning 'bald head', a word whic...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=25655