Native name: An tÍochtar
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Geography | |
Location | Atlantic Ocean |
Coordinates | 54°59′30″N 8°28′27″W / 54.99167°N 8.47417°W |
Area | 0.24 km2 (0.093 sq mi) [2] |
Administration | |
Province | Ulster |
County | Donegal |
Demographics | |
Population | 0 (2011) |
Eighter Island ( Irish: An tÍochtar) is a small island and a townland [2] off the coast of County Donegal, Ireland. The closest town on the mainland is Burtonport.
The island is located around one km east of Arranmore and North-West of Inishcoo, another small island divided by narrow channels from Rutland and the mainland. A footbridge connects the two islets, both known for pleasant sandbeaches. [3] The inner part of Eighter Island is mainly rocky and the most convenient landing sites are in the southern part of it. [4]
A small community used to live on Eighter Island in the first part of the 20th century, [5] [6] but today the island is uninhabited. Some of the old houses are used as holiday homes, mostly concentrated in the south-eastern part of the island. [4]
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Source: Central Statistics Office. "CNA17: Population by Off Shore Island, Sex and Year". CSO.ie. Retrieved 12 October 2016. |
Media related to Eighter Island at Wikimedia Commons
Native name: An tÍochtar
[1] | |
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Geography | |
Location | Atlantic Ocean |
Coordinates | 54°59′30″N 8°28′27″W / 54.99167°N 8.47417°W |
Area | 0.24 km2 (0.093 sq mi) [2] |
Administration | |
Province | Ulster |
County | Donegal |
Demographics | |
Population | 0 (2011) |
Eighter Island ( Irish: An tÍochtar) is a small island and a townland [2] off the coast of County Donegal, Ireland. The closest town on the mainland is Burtonport.
The island is located around one km east of Arranmore and North-West of Inishcoo, another small island divided by narrow channels from Rutland and the mainland. A footbridge connects the two islets, both known for pleasant sandbeaches. [3] The inner part of Eighter Island is mainly rocky and the most convenient landing sites are in the southern part of it. [4]
A small community used to live on Eighter Island in the first part of the 20th century, [5] [6] but today the island is uninhabited. Some of the old houses are used as holiday homes, mostly concentrated in the south-eastern part of the island. [4]
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Source: Central Statistics Office. "CNA17: Population by Off Shore Island, Sex and Year". CSO.ie. Retrieved 12 October 2016. |
Media related to Eighter Island at Wikimedia Commons