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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86" title="جزيرة راثلين – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="جزيرة راثلين" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reachlainn" title="Reachlainn – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Reachlainn" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rathlin_Island" title="Rathlin Island – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Rathlin Island" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rathlin" title="Rathlin – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Rathlin" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ynys_Rathlin" title="Ynys Rathlin – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Ynys Rathlin" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rathlin" title="Rathlin – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Rathlin" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rathlin" title="Rathlin – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Rathlin" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rathlin" title="Rathlin – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Rathlin" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isla_de_Rathlin" title="Isla de Rathlin – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Isla de Rathlin" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reachlainn" title="Reachlainn – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Reachlainn" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rathlin_uhartea" title="Rathlin uhartea – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Rathlin uhartea" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Ele_de_Rathlin" title="Île de Rathlin – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Île de Rathlin" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reachlainn" title="Reachlainn – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Reachlainn" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reachlainn" title="Reachlainn – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Reachlainn" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eilean_Reachlainn" title="Eilean Reachlainn – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Eilean Reachlainn" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulau_Rathlin" title="Pulau Rathlin – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Pulau Rathlin" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rathlin" title="Rathlin – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Rathlin" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratlino_sala" title="Ratlino sala – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Ratlino sala" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E5%B3%B6" title="ラスリン島 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ラスリン島" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rathlin" title="Rathlin – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Rathlin" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rathlin" title="Rathlin – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Rathlin" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rathlin" title="Rathlin – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Rathlin" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Rathlin_Island_by_Sentinel-2.jpg/240px-Rathlin_Island_by_Sentinel-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Rathlin_Island_by_Sentinel-2.jpg/360px-Rathlin_Island_by_Sentinel-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Rathlin_Island_by_Sentinel-2.jpg/480px-Rathlin_Island_by_Sentinel-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1163" data-file-height="822" /></a></span><div>True-color ESA Sentinel-2 image of Rathlin Island</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap 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.geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Rathlin_Island&params=55_17_42_N_06_11_51_W_region:GB_type:city(141)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">55°17′42″N</span> <span class="longitude">06°11′51″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">55.29500°N 6.19750°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">55.29500; -6.19750</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Rathlin Island</b> (<a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>: <i lang="ga">Reachlainn</i>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ga-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Irish" title="Help:IPA/Irish">[ˈɾˠaxlən̠ʲ]</a></span>; Local Irish dialect: <i>Reachraidh</i>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991" /><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Irish pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ga-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Irish" title="Help:IPA/Irish">[ˈɾˠaxɾˠi]</a></span>; Scots: <i>Racherie</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an island and <a href="/wiki/Civil_parishes_in_Ireland" title="Civil parishes in Ireland">civil parish</a> off the <a href="/wiki/Coast" title="Coast">coast</a> of <a href="/wiki/County_Antrim" title="County Antrim">County Antrim</a> (of which it is part) in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>. It is Northern Ireland's <a href="/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="List of extreme points of the United Kingdom">northernmost point</a>. As of the 2021 Census there are 141 people living on the island.<sup id="cite_ref-2021_pop_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021_pop-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rathlin_Island&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rathlin is the only inhabited offshore island of Northern Ireland, with a steadily growing population of approximately 150 people, and is the most northerly inhabited island off the coast of Northern Ireland. The reverse-L-shaped Rathlin Island is four miles (six kilometres) from east to west, and <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">2<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> miles (4 kilometres) from north to south. </p><p>The highest point on the island is Slieveard, 134 metres (440 feet) above sea level. Rathlin is <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" /><span class="frac">15<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> nautical miles (29 kilometres) from the <a href="/wiki/Mull_of_Kintyre" title="Mull of Kintyre">Mull of Kintyre</a>, the southern tip of <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Kintyre" title="Kintyre">Kintyre</a> peninsula. It is part of the <a href="/wiki/Causeway_Coast_and_Glens" title="Causeway Coast and Glens">Causeway Coast and Glens</a> council area, and is represented by the Rathlin Development & Community Association.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Townland">Townland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rathlin_Island&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Townland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rathlin is part of the traditional <a href="/wiki/Barony_(Ireland)" title="Barony (Ireland)">barony</a> of <a href="/wiki/Cary_(barony)" title="Cary (barony)">Cary</a> (around the town of <a href="/wiki/Ballycastle,_County_Antrim" title="Ballycastle, County Antrim">Ballycastle</a>), and of <a href="/wiki/Causeway_Coast_and_Glens_Borough_Council" title="Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council">Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council</a>. The island constitutes a <a href="/wiki/Civil_parishes_in_Ireland" title="Civil parishes in Ireland">civil parish</a> and is subdivided into 22 <a href="/wiki/Townland" title="Townland">townlands</a>: </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rathlin_Island_townlands.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Rathlin_Island_townlands.svg/220px-Rathlin_Island_townlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Rathlin_Island_townlands.svg/330px-Rathlin_Island_townlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Rathlin_Island_townlands.svg/440px-Rathlin_Island_townlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1276" data-file-height="1051" /></a><figcaption>Rathlin with subdivision into townlands</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable sortable" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" style="vertical-align:top;"> <tbody><tr> <th class="bgcolor6">Townland </th> <th class="bgcolor6">Area<br />acres<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th class="bgcolor6">Population </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Ballycarry </td> <td align="right">298 </td> <td align="right">... </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ballyconagan" class="mw-redirect" title="Ballyconagan">Ballyconagan</a> </td> <td align="right">168 </td> <td align="right">... </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Ballygill Middle </td> <td align="right">244 </td> <td align="right">... </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ballygill_North" title="Ballygill North">Ballygill North</a> </td> <td align="right">149 </td> <td align="right">... </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Ballygill South </td> <td align="right">145 </td> <td align="right">... </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Ballynagard </td> <td align="right">161 </td> <td align="right">... </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Ballynoe </td> <td align="right">80 </td> <td align="right">... </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Carravinally (Corravina Beg) </td> <td align="right">116 </td> <td align="right">... </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Carravindoon (Corravindoon) </td> <td align="right">188 </td> <td align="right">... </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFE7BA"> <td align="left">Church Quarter </td> <td align="right">51 </td> <td align="right">... </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Cleggan (Clagan) </td> <td align="right">202 </td> <td align="right">... </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Craigmacagan (Craigmacogan) </td> <td align="right">153 </td> <td align="right">... </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Demesne </td> <td align="right">67 </td> <td align="right">... </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Glebe </td> <td align="right">24 </td> <td align="right">... </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Kebble </td> <td align="right">269 </td> <td align="right">... </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Kilpatrick </td> <td align="right">169 </td> <td align="right">... </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Kinkeel </td> <td align="right">131 </td> <td align="right">... </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Kinramer North </td> <td align="right">167 </td> <td align="right">... </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Kinramer South (Kinramer) </td> <td align="right">173 </td> <td align="right">... </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Knockans </td> <td align="right">257 </td> <td align="right">... </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Mullindross (Mullindress) </td> <td align="right">46 </td> <td align="right">... </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Roonivoolin </td> <td align="right">130 </td> <td align="right">... </td></tr> <tr style="background: #DDD;" class="sortbottom"> <td>Rathlin</td> <td align="right">3388 (1371 ha)</td> <td align="right">... </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demography">Demography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rathlin_Island&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Demography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2021_Census">2021 Census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rathlin_Island&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2021 Census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rathlin Island is labelled as The_Glens_B1 Data Zone according to the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.<sup id="cite_ref-2021_pop_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021_pop-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of the 2021 Census it is the smallest Data Zone.<sup id="cite_ref-2021_pop_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021_pop-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On Census day (21 March 2021) there were 141 people living in Rathlin Island.<sup id="cite_ref-2021_pop_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021_pop-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of these: </p> <ul><li>57.5% (81) belong to or were brought up in the Catholic religion, 19.9% (28) belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' religion, 17.7% (25) had no religious background and 5.0% (7) came from other religious backgrounds.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>38.3% had an Irish national identity,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 39.0% had a Northern Irish national identity<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 22.0% indicated that they had a British national identity<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Respondents could select more than one nationality).</li> <li>31.91% claim to have some knowledge of the Irish language, whilst 8.51% claim to be able to speak, read, write and understand spoken Irish. 4.26% claim to use Irish daily. 0.00% claim that Irish is their main language.</li> <li>21.28% claim to have some knowledge of Ulster Scots, whilst 2.84% claim to be able to speak, read, write and understand spoken Ulster Scots. 2.13% claim to use Ulster Scots daily.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Irish_language">Irish language</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rathlin_Island&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Irish language"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish language</a> (also known locally as Gaelic) was spoken on Rathlin Island for most of the last 2,500 years, prior to being gradually replaced within the community by English through a process of language shift that started in the 17th century. It is not known if the 1722 parish church of the established Church of Ireland preached locally in Gaelic, English or both, although the Church of Ireland had already translated the Bible and the Book of Common Prayer into Gaelic, which were used in Ireland and Scotland. Initially English was confined to trading with outsiders and amongst a small but growing number of newcomers during the 18th century, most islanders continued to speak Gaelic. Nevertheless knowledge and use of English increased and expanded on Rathlin until English eventually replaced Gaelic as the common community language probably some time in the middle of the 19th century. Gaelic persisted for a few decades as a family language amongst some islanders until they too switched to English. The last native Gaelic speakers on the island died in the 1950s and 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The local dialect shows many features typical for <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic" title="Scottish Gaelic">Scottish Gaelic</a> and not found in other dialects of Ireland, e.g. forming plurals with <i>-(e)an</i> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991" /><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Irish pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ga-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Irish" title="Help:IPA/Irish">[ənˠ]</a></span>, use of the interrogative <i>có</i> (standard Irish <i>cé</i>), it uses the object pronouns <i>e, i</i> for subjects of finite verbs, etc., thus it is sometimes treated as a dialect of Scottish Gaelic rather than Irish. It was nevertheless mutually intelligible with dialects of the Irish mainland in the <a href="/wiki/Glens_of_Antrim" title="Glens of Antrim">Glens of Antrim</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The features shared with Irish dialects are typically retentions that were lost in Scotland between the 17th and 20th century rather than innovations common with Irish, e.g. retention of eclipsis of <i>p, t, c, f</i> (but not <i>b, d, g</i>) after some words ending in a consonant (eg. <i>nar bpeacaidh</i> 'our sins', <i>nar bpiúr</i> 'our sister', <i>seacht bpont</i> 'seven pounds'). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rathlin_Island&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rathlin_Island_Ferry.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Rathlin_Island_Ferry.jpg/220px-Rathlin_Island_Ferry.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Rathlin_Island_Ferry.jpg/330px-Rathlin_Island_Ferry.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Rathlin_Island_Ferry.jpg/440px-Rathlin_Island_Ferry.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3840" data-file-height="2160" /></a><figcaption>The old Rathlin Island Ferry</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Spirit_of_Rathlin_Ferry_2019.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Spirit_of_Rathlin_Ferry_2019.jpg/250px-Spirit_of_Rathlin_Ferry_2019.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Spirit_of_Rathlin_Ferry_2019.jpg/330px-Spirit_of_Rathlin_Ferry_2019.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Spirit_of_Rathlin_Ferry_2019.jpg/500px-Spirit_of_Rathlin_Ferry_2019.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a><figcaption>Spirit of Rathlin Ferry 2019</figcaption></figure> <p>A ferry operated by Rathlin Island Ferry Ltd connects the main port of the island, Church Bay, with the mainland at Ballycastle, six nautical miles (eleven kilometres) away. Two ferries operate on the route – the fast foot-passenger-only catamaran ferry <i>Rathlin Express</i> and a purpose-built larger ferry, commissioned in May 2017, <i>Spirit of Rathlin</i>, which carries both foot passengers and a small number of vehicles, weather permitting.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rathlin Island Ferry Ltd won a six-year contract for the service in 2008 providing it as a subsidised "lifeline" service.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is an ongoing investigation on how the transfer was handled between the Environment Minister and the new owners.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="Did the investigation issue a report? What happened to the ferry after 2014? (March 2022)">needs update</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Natural_history">Natural history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rathlin_Island&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Natural history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rathlin is of prehistoric <a href="/wiki/Volcanic" class="mw-redirect" title="Volcanic">volcanic</a> origin, having been created as part of the <a href="/wiki/British_Tertiary_Volcanic_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="British Tertiary Volcanic Province">British Tertiary Volcanic Province</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The island was owned by Rev Robert Gage who was also the island's rector. He had two daughters, Adelaide in 1832<sup id="cite_ref-ade_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ade-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Dorothea in 1835.<sup id="cite_ref-dorothea_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dorothea-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Adelaide was a botanist who wrote a book concerning the island's flora and fauna.<sup id="cite_ref-ade_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ade-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She visited Dorothea in Germany after she married his Serene Highness Albrecht, Prince of Warbeck and Pyrmonte.<sup id="cite_ref-dorothea_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dorothea-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Adelaide was buried in Ramoan Churchyard in <a href="/wiki/Ballycastle,_County_Antrim" title="Ballycastle, County Antrim">Ballycastle</a> in 1920 and her book on Rathlin is now lost.<sup id="cite_ref-ade_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ade-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rathlin is one of 43 <a href="/wiki/Special_Areas_of_Conservation_in_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Areas of Conservation in Northern Ireland">Special Areas of Conservation in Northern Ireland</a>. It is home to tens of thousands of <a href="/wiki/Seabird" title="Seabird">seabirds</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Common_guillemot" class="mw-redirect" title="Common guillemot">common guillemots</a>, <a href="/wiki/Black-legged_kittiwake" title="Black-legged kittiwake">kittiwakes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_puffin" title="Atlantic puffin">puffins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Razorbill" title="Razorbill">razorbills</a> – about thirty bird families in total. It is visited by <a href="/wiki/Birdwatcher" class="mw-redirect" title="Birdwatcher">birdwatchers</a>, with a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Society_for_the_Protection_of_Birds" title="Royal Society for the Protection of Birds">Royal Society for the Protection of Birds</a> <a href="/wiki/Nature_reserve" title="Nature reserve">nature reserve</a> that has views of Rathlin's <a href="/wiki/Bird_colony" title="Bird colony">bird colony</a>. The RSPB has also successfully managed natural habitat to facilitate the return of the <a href="/wiki/Red-billed_chough" title="Red-billed chough">red-billed chough</a>. Northern Ireland's only breeding pair of <a href="/wiki/Choughs" class="mw-redirect" title="Choughs">choughs</a> can be seen during the summer months. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Cliff" title="Cliff">cliffs</a> on this relatively bare island stand 70 metres (230 ft) tall. Bruce's Cave<sup id="cite_ref-Bruce's_Cave_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bruce's_Cave-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is named after Robert the Bruce, also known as <a href="/wiki/Robert_I_of_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert I of Scotland">Robert I of Scotland</a>: it was here that he was said to have seen the legendary <a href="/wiki/Spider" title="Spider">spider</a> which is described as inspiring Bruce to continue his fight for Scottish independence.<sup id="cite_ref-Spider_legend_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spider_legend-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The island is also the northernmost point of the <a href="/wiki/Antrim_Coast_and_Glens" title="Antrim Coast and Glens">Antrim Coast and Glens</a> <a href="/wiki/Area_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty" title="Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty">Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2008-09, the <a href="/wiki/Maritime_and_Coastguard_Agency" title="Maritime and Coastguard Agency">Maritime and Coastguard Agency</a> of the United Kingdom and the <a href="/wiki/Marine_Institute_Ireland" title="Marine Institute Ireland">Marine Institute Ireland</a> undertook <a href="/wiki/Bathymetric" class="mw-redirect" title="Bathymetric">bathymetric</a> survey work north of Antrim, updating Admiralty charts (Joint Irish Bathymetric Survey Project). In doing so a number of interesting submarine geological features were identified around Rathlin Island, including a submerged crater or lake on a plateau with clear evidence of water courses feeding it. This suggests the events leading to inundation – subsidence of land or rising water levels – were extremely quick. </p><p>Marine investigations in the area have also identified new species of <a href="/wiki/Sea_anemone" title="Sea anemone">sea anemone</a>, rediscovered the fan mussel (the UK's largest and rarest bivalve mollusc – thought to be found only in <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Sound" title="Plymouth Sound">Plymouth Sound</a> and a few sites off the west of Scotland) and a number of shipwreck sites,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including <a href="/wiki/HMS_Drake_(1901)" title="HMS Drake (1901)">HMS <i>Drake</i></a>,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was torpedoed and sank just off the island in 1917. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Algae">Algae</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rathlin_Island&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Algae"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Species of <a href="/wiki/Algae" title="Algae">algae</a> recorded from Rathlin, such as <i><a href="/wiki/Hypoglossum_hypoglossoides" title="Hypoglossum hypoglossoides">Hypoglossum hypoglossoides</a></i> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Stackh.) Coll. et Harv.</span>, <i><a href="/wiki/Apoglossum_ruscifolium" title="Apoglossum ruscifolium">Apoglossum ruscifolium</a></i> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Turn.) J.Ag.</span>, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radicilingua_thysanorhizans&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Radicilingua thysanorhizans (page does not exist)">Radicilingua thysanorhizans</a></i> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Holm.) Papenf.</span> and <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Haraldiophyllum_bonnemaisonii&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii (page does not exist)">Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii</a></i> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Kylin) Zinova</span>, were noted by Osborne Morton in 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Maps showing the distribution of algae all around the British Isles, including Rathlin Island, are to be found in Harvey and Guiry 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Flowering_plants">Flowering plants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rathlin_Island&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Flowering plants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Details and notes of the <a href="/wiki/Flowering_plant" title="Flowering plant">flowering plants</a> are to be found in Hackney.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:780px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize thumbimage" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rathlin_Island_Northern_Ireland_14.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Panorama of Rathlin Island"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Rathlin_Island_Northern_Ireland_14.jpg/770px-Rathlin_Island_Northern_Ireland_14.jpg" decoding="async" width="770" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Rathlin_Island_Northern_Ireland_14.jpg/1155px-Rathlin_Island_Northern_Ireland_14.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Rathlin_Island_Northern_Ireland_14.jpg/1540px-Rathlin_Island_Northern_Ireland_14.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8192" data-file-height="1856" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Rathlin_Island_Northern_Ireland_14.jpg" title="File:Rathlin Island Northern Ireland 14.jpg"> </a></div>Panorama of Rathlin Island</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Archaeology">Archaeology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rathlin_Island&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Archaeology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MaloneHoard.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/MaloneHoard.JPG/250px-MaloneHoard.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/MaloneHoard.JPG/330px-MaloneHoard.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/MaloneHoard.JPG/500px-MaloneHoard.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Malone hoard of polished axes made from material from <a href="/wiki/Tievebulliagh" title="Tievebulliagh">Tievebulliagh</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The island has been settled at least as far back as the <a href="/wiki/Mesolithic" title="Mesolithic">Mesolithic</a> period.<sup id="cite_ref-osullivan_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-osullivan-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A Neolithic <a href="/wiki/Stone_axe" class="mw-redirect" title="Stone axe">stone axe</a> factory featuring <a href="/wiki/Porcellanite" title="Porcellanite">porcellanite</a> stone is to be found in Brockley, a cluster of houses within the townland of Ballygill Middle.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is similar to a stone axe factory found at <a href="/wiki/Tievebulliagh" title="Tievebulliagh">Tievebulliagh</a> mountain on the nearby mainland coast. The products of these two axe factories, which cannot be reliably distinguished from each other, were traded across Ireland; these were the most important Irish stone axe sources of their time.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2006, an ancient burial was discovered when a driveway was being expanded by the island's only pub, dating back to the early <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age" title="Bronze Age">Bronze Age</a>, ca. 2000 BC. <a href="/wiki/Genomic" class="mw-redirect" title="Genomic">Genomic</a> analysis of DNA from the bodies showed a strong continuity with the <a href="/wiki/Irish_people#Genetics" title="Irish people">genetics of the modern Irish population</a> and established that the continuity of Irish population dates back at least 1000 years longer than had previously been understood.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is also an unexcavated Viking vessel in a mound formation.<sup id="cite_ref-osullivan_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-osullivan-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rathlin_Island&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rathlin was probably known to the Romans, <a href="/wiki/Pliny_the_Elder" title="Pliny the Elder">Pliny</a> referring to "Reginia" and <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy" title="Ptolemy">Ptolemy</a> to "Rhicina" or "Eggarikenna". In the 7th century, <a href="/wiki/Adomn%C3%A1n" title="Adomnán">Adomnán</a> mentions "Rechru" and "Rechrea insula", which may also have been early names for Rathlin.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 11th century Irish version of the <a href="/wiki/Historia_Brittonum" title="Historia Brittonum">Historia Brittonum</a> states that the <a href="/wiki/Fir_Bolg" title="Fir Bolg">Fir Bolg</a> "took possession of Man and of other islands besides – Arran, Islay and 'Racha'" – another possible early variant.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rathlin was the site of the first <a href="/wiki/Viking" class="mw-redirect" title="Viking">Viking</a> raid on Ireland, according to the <a href="/wiki/Annals_of_Ulster" title="Annals of Ulster">Annals of Ulster</a>. The pillaging of the island's church and burning of its buildings took place in 795. </p><p>In 1306, <a href="/wiki/Robert_I_of_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert I of Scotland">Robert the Bruce</a> sought refuge upon Rathlin, owned by the Irish <a href="/wiki/Bissett_family_(Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bissett family (Ireland)">Bissett family</a>. He stayed in <a href="/wiki/Rathlin_Castle" title="Rathlin Castle">Rathlin Castle</a>, originally belonging to their lordship the <a href="/wiki/Glens_of_Antrim" title="Glens of Antrim">Glens of Antrim</a>. The Bissetts were dispossessed of Rathlin by the English, who were in control of the <a href="/wiki/Earldom_of_Ulster" title="Earldom of Ulster">Earldom of Ulster</a>, for welcoming Bruce. In the 16th century, the island came into the possession of the <a href="/wiki/MacDonnells_of_Antrim" class="mw-redirect" title="MacDonnells of Antrim">MacDonnells of Antrim</a>. </p><p>Rathlin has been the site of a number of massacres. On an expedition in 1557, <a href="/wiki/Sir_Henry_Sidney" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Henry Sidney">Sir Henry Sidney</a> devastated the island. In July 1575, the <a href="/wiki/Walter_Devereux,_1st_Earl_of_Essex" title="Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex">Earl of Essex</a> sent <a href="/wiki/Francis_Drake" title="Francis Drake">Francis Drake</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Norris_(soldier)" title="John Norris (soldier)">John Norreys</a> to confront Scottish refugees on the island, and in <a href="/wiki/Rathlin_Island_massacre" title="Rathlin Island massacre">the ensuing massacre</a>, hundreds of men, women and children of <a href="/wiki/Clan_Donald" title="Clan Donald">Clan MacDonnell</a> were killed.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also in 1642, <a href="/wiki/Covenanter" class="mw-redirect" title="Covenanter">Covenanter</a> Campbell soldiers of the Argyll's Foot were encouraged by their commanding officer <a href="/wiki/Sir_Duncan_Campbell_of_Auchinbreck" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Duncan Campbell of Auchinbreck">Sir Duncan Campbell of Auchinbreck</a> to kill the local Catholic MacDonalds, near relatives of their arch clan enemy in the Scottish Highlands <a href="/wiki/Clan_MacDonald" class="mw-redirect" title="Clan MacDonald">Clan MacDonald</a>. They threw scores of MacDonald women over cliffs to their deaths on rocks below.<sup id="cite_ref-TR-143_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TR-143-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The number of victims of this massacre has been put as low as 100 and as high as 3,000.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On 2 October 1917, the armoured cruiser <a href="/wiki/HMS_Drake_(1901)" title="HMS Drake (1901)">HMS <i>Drake</i></a> was torpedoed off the northern Irish coast by <a href="/wiki/SM_U-79" title="SM U-79">German submarine <i>U-79</i></a>. She steamed into Church Bay on Rathlin Island, where, after her crew was taken off, she capsized and sank.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> On 27 January 1918, the RMS Andania was hit amidships by a torpedo from German submarine <a href="/wiki/SM_U-46" title="SM U-46"><i>U-46</i></a> captained by Leo Hillebrand. The ship immediately took a list to starboard and began to sink. Attempts were made to tow the ship but it sank after a few hours. The passengers were saved, but <i>Andania'</i>s sinking killed seven crew members. The wreck is lying at a depth of between 175 and 189 metres.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The island has been represented on the <a href="/wiki/Islands_Forum_(United_Kingdom)" title="Islands Forum (United Kingdom)">Islands Forum</a> by the Rathlin Development and Community Association since 2022. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commerce">Commerce</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rathlin_Island&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Commerce"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rathlin_Island_Northern_Ireland_07.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Rathlin_Island_Northern_Ireland_07.jpg/250px-Rathlin_Island_Northern_Ireland_07.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Rathlin_Island_Northern_Ireland_07.jpg/330px-Rathlin_Island_Northern_Ireland_07.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Rathlin_Island_Northern_Ireland_07.jpg/500px-Rathlin_Island_Northern_Ireland_07.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>Rathlin Island harbour</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1746, the island was purchased by the Reverend John Gage.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rathlin was an important producer of <a href="/wiki/Kelp" title="Kelp">kelp</a> in the 18th century.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A 19th-century British visitor to the island found that they had an unusual form of government where they elected a judge who sat on a "throne of turf".<sup id="cite_ref-google_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In fact, Robert Gage was the "proprietor of the island" until his death in 1891. Gage held a master's degree from <a href="/wiki/Trinity_College,_Dublin" class="mw-redirect" title="Trinity College, Dublin">Trinity College, Dublin</a>, but he spent his life on the island creating his book "The Birds of Rathlin Island".<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tourism is now a commercial activity. The island had a population of over one thousand in the 19th century. Its current permanent population is around 125. This is swollen by visitors in the summer, with most coming to view the cliffs and their huge seabird populations. Many visitors come for the day, and the island has around 30 beds for overnight visitors. The Boathouse Visitors' Centre at Church Bay is open seven days a week from April to September, with <a href="/wiki/Minibus" title="Minibus">minibus</a> tours and bicycle hire also available. The island is also popular with <a href="/wiki/Scuba_diver" class="mw-redirect" title="Scuba diver">scuba divers</a>, who come to explore the many <a href="/wiki/Shipwreck" title="Shipwreck">wrecked ships</a> in the surrounding waters. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Richard_Branson" title="Richard Branson">Richard Branson</a>'s hot air balloon crashed near Rathlin Island in 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 29 January 2008, the <a href="/wiki/RNLI" class="mw-redirect" title="RNLI">RNLI</a> <a href="/wiki/Portrush" title="Portrush">Portrush</a> <a href="/wiki/Lifeboat_(rescue)" title="Lifeboat (rescue)">lifeboat</a> <i>Katie Hannan</i> grounded after a swell hit its stern on <a href="/wiki/Breakwater_(structure)" title="Breakwater (structure)">breakwater</a> rocks just outside the <a href="/wiki/Harbour" class="mw-redirect" title="Harbour">harbour</a> on Rathlin while trying to refloat an islander's <a href="/wiki/Rigid-hulled_inflatable_boat" class="mw-redirect" title="Rigid-hulled inflatable boat">RIB</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lifeboat was declared beyond economical repair<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and handed over to a <a href="/wiki/Marine_salvage" title="Marine salvage">salvage</a> company.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Communications">Communications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rathlin_Island&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Communications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The world's first commercial <a href="/wiki/Wireless_telegraphy" title="Wireless telegraphy">wireless telegraphy</a> link was established by employees of <a href="/wiki/Guglielmo_Marconi" title="Guglielmo Marconi">Guglielmo Marconi</a> between East Lighthouse on Rathlin and Kenmara House in Ballycastle on 6 July 1898.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2013, <a href="/wiki/BT_Group" title="BT Group">BT</a> installed a high-speed wireless <a href="/wiki/Broadband" title="Broadband">broadband</a> pilot project to a number of premises, the first deployment of its kind anywhere in the UK, '<a href="/wiki/Wireless" title="Wireless">wireless</a> to the cabinet' (WTTC) to deliver 80 Mb/s to users.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rathlin_Island&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Gage" title="Catherine Gage">Catherine Gage</a> (1815–1892), botanical and ornithological illustrator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kate_Hoey" title="Kate Hoey">Kate Hoey</a> (born 1946), member of the House of Lords and former Labour MP and minister, lives on the island<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Smyth" title="Alexander Smyth">Alexander Smyth</a> (1765–1830), lawyer, soldier, and politician in Virginia</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rathlin_Island&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Chadwick, Hector Munro (1949) <i>Early Scotland: the Picts, the Scots & the Welsh of southern Scotland</i>. Cambridge University Press.</li> <li>Watson, W. J. (1994) <i>The Celtic Place-Names of Scotland</i>. 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First published in Edinburgh; The Royal Celtic Society, 1926.</li> <li>Rathlin Island and the Gaelic Language (2005) "Rathlin Island and the Gaelic Language". <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.culturenorthernireland.org/features/heritage/rathlin-island-and-gaelic-language">Rathlin Island and the Gaelic Language</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190502/https://www.culturenorthernireland.org/features/heritage/rathlin-island-and-gaelic-language">Archived</a> 9 July 2021 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rathlin_Island&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source-2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151001234533/http://www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/beaghmoreus.pdf">"Beagmore Stone Circles and Alignments and Cregganconroe Court Grave"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (in Scots). 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This will, no doubt, be the opinion of any reader who peruses the preceding pages, especially those dealing with the accidence. (…) And, though historically the Rathlin dialect shows closer affinities with Scottish than with Irish Gaelic, the external similarities with the neighbouring Irish dialects are more prominent. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 December</span> 2012</span>. <q>Verifying Rathlin Island's connections with King Robert the Bruce</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Bruce+Rathlin+700&rft.atitle=Bruce%27s+Cave&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.brucerathlin1307.com%2Fbruce_700_cave.asp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARathlin+Island" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Spider_legend-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Spider_legend_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140108200910/http://www.brucerathlin1307.com/bruce_700_spider.asp">"The Spider Legend"</a>. <i>Bruce Rathlin 700</i>. The Ulster-Scots Agency. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 December</span> 2012</span>. <q>It's a famous story, but is it true?</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Bruce+Rathlin+700&rft.atitle=The+Spider+Legend&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.brucerathlin1307.com%2Fbruce_700_spider.asp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARathlin+Island" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070927205504/http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/landscape/designated-areas/aonb/aonb_antrimglen.htm">"Antrim Coast and Glens AONB"</a>. Northern Ireland Environment Agency. 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Rathlin Island Shipwreck</i></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181119004959/http://www.rathlinislandbooks.com/books/HMS-Drake-Rathlin-Island-Shipwreck">Archived</a> 19 November 2018 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. 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