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In 1820, an island appeared from the sea in Dublin Bay. Within years of its appearance, several other islands in the area disappeared and tragically, the few people on them. This is a history of Dublin's Bull Island. The book is a weave of social, ecological, and personal history, covering notable shipwrecks, plundering, and the island's many tragic suicides and murders. The book also covers the emergences of the island's bird life, which has since given rise to an internationally famous bird sanctuary, its rich botany, the various historic threats to the island's ecology, and the efforts of conservationists. The book concludes by suggesting that Bull Island's ecological problems are a useful symbol for what is happening in our world. There is much we can learn from this island imagined by the sea.