Rocky Island (Cork)

Rocky Island (Cork)

Rocky Island is located in Cork Harbour, Ireland.

Once housed a magazine building for the Royal Navy. Used by Irish Steel for storage until 2002. Now home to The Island Crematorium, the first crematorium in Ireland outside Dublin.


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