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Exceptional islanders

THERE is a dispute currently involving Fingal County Council over the ownership of St Patrick’s Island off Skerries in Co Dublin.

Exceptional islanders

Fri, 14 Jan, 2005 - 00:00

It reminds me of the famous line from John Donne, greatest of the metaphysical poets: “No man is an island.”

But some people don’t seem to fit: Charlie Haughey (Inishvickillane) and Lord Revelstoke (Lambay Island), to name only two.

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Courts Your View Place: St Patrick’s Island Place: Skerries Place: Co Dublin Place: Lambay Island Place: 56 Orwell Road Rathgar Dublin 6 Person: John Donne Person: Charlie Haughey Person: Lord Revelstoke Person: Thomas Studley Organisation: Fingal County Council

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