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This is a list of the principal islands of Ireland. It includes both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Ireland is an island in the British Isles^[1], west of the island of Great Britain, and northwest of the mainland of Europe.

Contents 1 Coastal islands 1.1 Irish Sea 1.2 Celtic Sea 1.3 Southwest Coast 1.4 West Coast 1.5 Northwest Coast 1.6 North Channel 2 Inland islands 2.1 Lake islands 2.2 River islands 3 See also 4 External references

[edit] Coastal islands

Off the coast of the mainland, and proceeding clockwise from the Irish Sea:

[edit] Irish Sea

• Copeland Islands
• off Skerries, Dublin
  • Rockabill
  • Saint Patrick's Island
  • Colt Island
  • Shenick Island
• Lambay Island
• Ireland's Eye
• Bull Island
• Dalkey Island
• Tuskar Rock

[edit] Celtic Sea

• Saltee Islands
• in Cork Harbour:
  • Great Island
  • Fota Island
  • Spike Island
• Sherkin Island
• Ringaroga
• Clear Island
• Fastnet Rock — southernmost point in Ireland

[edit] Southwest Coast

• Bere Island
• Garinish Island
• Dursey Island
• Bull Rock
• Scariff Island
• Deenish Island
• Skellig Islands
  • Skellig Michael
  • Little Skellig
• Puffin Island
• Valentia Island
• Blasket Islands
  • Great Blasket Island
  • Beginish
  • Inishnabro
  • Inishvickillane
  • Inishtooskert
  • Tearaght Island — westernmost point in Ireland
• Magharee Islands
• Fenit Island
• Great Samphire Island
• Little Samphire Island

[edit] West Coast

Co. Clare:

• Inishmore (or Deer) Island

Co. Galway:

• Aran Islands
  • Inisheer
  • Inishmaan
  • Inishmore
• Aughinish
• Omey Island
• Inishark
• Inishbofin
• Inishturk
• Clare Island
• Clew Bay islands (there are 117)
  • Collanmore Island
• Achill Island — Ireland's largest island
• Achillbeg
• Inishbiggle
• Inishkea South
• Inishkea North
• Stags of Broadhaven
• Pig Island
• Illanmaster

Co. Kerry

• The Seven Hogs or Maharee Islands
• Fenit Island
• Great Samphire Island
• Little Samphire Island

[edit] Northwest Coast

• Inishmurray, County Sligo
• Rathlin O'Birne Island, County Donegal
• Roaninish, County Donegal
• Arranmore, County Donegal — this is not one of the Aran Islands
• Tory Island
• Inishbofin, County Donegal

[edit] North Channel

• Rathlin Island — largest island of Northern Ireland
• Canon Rock — easternmost point in Ireland

[edit] Inland islands

[edit] Lake islands

• In Lough Leane:
  • Innisfallen Island
  • and others
• In Lough Gill:
  • The Lake Isle of Inisfree
  • 21 others
• In Lower Lough Erne:
  • Ardy More
  • Buck Island
  • Car Island
  • Cleenishmeen Island
  • Coughran's Island
  • Crevinishaughy Island
  • Cruninish Island
  • Derryinch
  • Devenish Island
  • Ferny Island
  • Gall Island
  • Goat Island
  • Gravelly Island
  • Horse Island
  • Inish Beg
  • Inish Conra
  • Inish Davar
  • Inish Divann
  • Inish Doney
  • Inish Fovar
  • Inish Free
  • Inish Lougher
  • Inishmacsaint
  • Inish More
  • Inishmakill
  • Kinnausy Island
  • Leftus Island
  • Long Island
  • Lustybeg Island
  • Lustymore Island
  • Owl Island
  • Paris Island Big
  • Rabbit Island
  • Rosscor Island
  • Rough Island
  • Trasna Island
  • White Island
• In Upper Lough Erne:
  • Bleanish Island
  • Corratistune
  • Dernish Island
  • Inishcorkish
  • Inishleague
  • Inishlirroo
  • Inishlught
  • Killygowan Island
  • Naart Island
  • Shanaghy
  • Tonregee Island
  • Traanish

[edit] River islands

• In River Shannon:
  • King's Island in Limerick City.

[edit] See also

• List of the British Isles
• List of islands in the Atlantic Ocean
• Category:Islands of Ireland

[edit] External references

• Oileáin information on Irish islands
• Ireland's Islands tourist information on Irish islands