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Full moon rising over Sherkin Island's Franciscan Abbey on April 7th, with Baltimore Beacon in the distance. Picture: Robbie Murphy

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This Easter, as Atlantic rollers make landfall on the western shores of Sherkin Island, birdsong thrills the air and sunshine floods the fuchsia-filled boreens, this achingly beautiful place is out of bounds to all but those who live there, writes Dan MacCarthy
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No landline phones on Sherkin Island since Storm Ophelia
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Family to leave Sherkin Island for mainland so children can go to school
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WATCH: Family to leave Sherkin Island for mainland so children can go to school

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