Owey Island
Owey Island is an island off the coast of west County Donegal, Ireland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Cruit Island.
Cruit Island
Island
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Cruit Island is a small inhabited island in the Rosses district in the west of County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. It is linked to the mainland by a bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leabgarrow and Burtonport.
Leabgarrow
Village
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An Leadhb Gharbh is a Gaeltacht village on Arranmore Island, which is to the west of County Donegal about three miles from Burtonport. The island's post office, secondary school and ferry port are located in Leabgarrow. Leabgarrow is situated 8 km southwest of Owey Island.
Burtonport
Village
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Ailt an Chorráin or Ailt a' Chorráin is a Gaeltacht fishing village about 7 km northwest of Dungloe in The Rosses district of County Donegal, Ireland. The main employers in the village were the Burtonport Fishermen's Co-op and the Bord Iascaigh Mhara ice plant; but these have both since closed and their former premises were demolished in 2021 as part of a seafront environment upgrade scheme. Burtonport is situated 8 km south of Owey Island.
Annagary
Village
Photo: MaxPride, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Anagaire is a village in The Rosses district in County Donegal, Ireland. As of 2022, the population was 309. Annagary is situated 9 km southeast of Owey Island.
Owey Island
- Type: Island
- Description: oileán Uaigh - island in Donegal, Ireland
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: County Donegal, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.05566° or 55° 3′ 20″ northLongitude
-8.44969° or 8° 26′ 59″ westElevation
16 metres (52 feet)Open location code
9C7H3H42+74OpenStreetMap ID
node 1912873441OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Owey Island” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Uaigh”
- Breton: “Uaigh”
- Cebuano: “Owey Island”
- Finnish: “Owey”
- Irish: “Uaigh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Eilean Uaigh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Uaigh”
- Swedish: “Owey Island”
- Welsh: “Ynys Owey”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Scollnalinga and Tobernanoran.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Toratrave and Torboy.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Owey Island”. Photo: Joseph Mischyshyn, CC BY-SA 2.0.