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Rathlin Island

Rathlin Island
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About Rathlin Island

Rathlin Island is an island and civil parish off the coast of County Antrim in Northern Ireland. It is Northern Ireland's northernmost point. As of the 2021 Census there were 141 people living on the island.

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Rathlin Island is the island where Robert the Bruce went after a battle, and it's where he saw the spider. Whether that happened or not, it's definitely said to have happened on Rathlin.

from 435: No Such Thing As An Arm-Wrestling Chihuahua, 2022-07-15 at 00:27:08 ยท read transcript

Other times Rathlin Island came up

  1. I always get a mixed up. It's just a, it's just, just a very cool thing. It had, um, it's been, it was built in about 1912, I think, so it's, uh, what, 110 years old now. Also, I've read this about Rathlin Island. I can't, I don't know if it's true. That it's the island where Robert the Bruce went after a battle. It's where he saw the useless spider.

    No Such Thing As An Arm-Wrestling Chihuahua, 2022-07-15 ยท listen

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Coordinates: 55.2950, -6.1975

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