Ciarán O'Driscoll: Why 'desolate, despairing' Rockall is so important
Ciarán O'Driscoll: Why 'desolate, despairing' Rockall is so important The 'desolate, despairing' rock has been the focus of a decades-old dispute. Ciaran O'Driscoll explains why it's so important Crew of the LE William Butler Yeats boarding the Spanish vessel detained off Rockall in July 2020. Wed, 03 Feb, 2021 - 06:30 Ciaran O'Driscoll In 1972, the then Scottish Labour peer, Lord Kennet, himself a former seaman, described Rockall as "a dreadful place. There can be no place more desolate, more despairing, more awful to see in the world". Despite its remoteness, it has been the focus of a ...
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