Cannon Rock
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Template:Short description Template:About Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Coord Cannon Rock is a skerry in the North Channel off the coast of the Ards Peninsula near Cloughey, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is the easternmost point of Ireland. Cannon Rock is east of South Rock, on which there is a disused lighthouse.<ref>Portaferry Lifeboat - Rescues "Lifeboat was requested to go to the aid of a Template:Convert yacht aground on the Canon [sic] Rock, close by the disused South Rock lighthouse tower"</ref>
Marine hazard
The rock is a hazard to shipping. Between 1861 and 1865, nine vessels ran aground on it.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>