The Strange Saga of Rockall - Britain's Tiniest Territory

[The Lawspeaker]

Find out why a tiny granite island in the North Atlantic assumed international importance in the Cold War, causing it to be annexed by Great Britain, and why it's so important still. Special thanks to Chris Murray - please visit his channel for more great footage: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCNt...

[Óttar]

[Albannach]

Rockall isn't Irish, it is in Scottish waters and is also significantly closer to Scotland than Ireland being located 301.3 kilometers west of the island of Soay, St Kilda, Scotland, and 423.2 kilometers northwest of Tory Island, County Donegal, Ireland.

[Graham]

It is just a little bit of rock and none should claim it. St Kilda should be as west as goes.

Rockall isn't Irish, it is in Scottish waters and is also significantly closer to Scotland than Ireland being located 301.3 kilometers west of the island of Soay, St Kilda, Scotland, and 423.2 kilometers northwest of Tory Island, County Donegal, Ireland.

[Óttar]

Rockall isn't Irish, it is in Scottish waters and is also significantly closer to Scotland than Ireland being located 301.3 kilometers west of the island of Soay, St Kilda, Scotland, and 423.2 kilometers northwest of Tory Island, County Donegal, Ireland.

It is close to the part of Scotland that is historically Gaelic. Gaeldom was a single entity until the incursion of English disrupted its continuity.

[Graham]

Rename it fuckall and blow the thing up.