Sherkin Island is a small island just off the coast of Ireland. It’s reached by a ten minute ferry ride from the village of Baltimore in West Cork and on a sunny day there’s hardly a better place to be! [gallery type="rectangular" ids="24009,24008,24007,24006,24005,24004,24003,24002,24001,24000,23999,23998,23997,23996,23995,23994,23993,23992,23991,23990,23989,23988,23986,23985,23984,23983,23982,23981,23980,23979,23978,23977,23976,23975,23974,23973,23972,23970,23969,23968,23967,23966,23965,23964,23963,23962,23961,23960,23959,23958,23957,23956,23955,23954,23953,23952,23951,,23947,23945,23944,23942"]

On the boat to Sherkin Island. August 2013.

Known locally as “The Abbey”, this ruin was a Franciscan friary that operated from the 1400s to 1796 when the last friar died. In the background you can see the Baltimore Beacon.

A blazing hot sun drove one visitor to Sherkin Island to find shelter in the shade of the abandoned friary on the island.