Middle Mouse

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Middle Mouse ( Welsh: Ynys Badrig ) is a rocky, uninhabited island off Anglesey on the north Wales coast, which is a maximum of 110 meters long and 190 meters wide. It is the northernmost point of Wales.

Geography

Middle Mouse is about 750 meters from the coast Angleseys located in the Irish Sea. The nearest major town is Cemaes.

History

The island is named in Welsh after the Irish National Saint Patrick; Ynys Badrig means "Island of Patrick". Legend has it that this was around 440 AD by Celestine I, bishop of Rome, commissioned to convert the Irish people to Christianity. So Patrick came to pass on the way to Ireland, his ship came but before Anglesey in a storm and wrecked then on the coast of Middle Mouse.

So Patrick was forced to Anglesey to travel the distance swimming. He reached the beach at a place now known as Rhos Badrig ( " Heath of Patrick" ) is known; as night fell, he found shelter in the cave Ogof Badrig and drinking water at the nearby spring Ffynnon Badrig, both of which are also named after him.

Thankful for his rescue from drowning, he built a chapel on the cliffs of Anglesey near the modern village Llanbadrig, which is about a kilometer away from Cemaes. This chapel is one of the earliest Christian sites in Wales.

The S. S. Liverpool

In 1863, loaded with metal bars steamship S. S. Liverpool fell between Anglesey and Middle Mouse after a collision with the barque Laplata. The wreck and its surroundings are now a popular place for diving because of who settled there anemones and sea squirts.