White Goat Island

White Goat
Native name: Oileán a Ghabhair ghil
White Goat
Geography
Location Lough Corrib
Coordinates 53°30′20″N 9°26′23″W / 53.505675°N 9.439607°W / 53.505675; -9.439607Coordinates: 53°30′20″N 9°26′23″W / 53.505675°N 9.439607°W / 53.505675; -9.439607
Administration
Province Connacht
County Galway

White Goat Island, or Oileán a Ghabhair ghil (Gaelic; "Island of the white goat"), is a small island off the north shore of Lough Corrib, close to Cornamona, in County Galway, Ireland. The three acre island was named after the prominent quartzite rock found on the south-west shore of the island.

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