Inch Island
Inch Island is in Lough Swilly, a sea lough in County Donegal on the northern coast of Ireland. Inch is also the name of the civil parish covering the island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Inch Fort and Inch Castle.
Inch Fort
Castle
Photo: Daragh McDonough, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inch Fort, Lough Swilly, Inishowen, County Donegal was built between 1812 and 1813, during the Napoleonic Wars. It had positions for nine guns, six in an open battery and a further three in a blockhouse.
Inch Castle
Castle
Photo: Alistair Cunningham, CC BY 3.0.
Inch Castle is a ruined castle located on the southern tip of Inch Island in County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. The castle was constructed around 1430 by the Gaelic Irish lord Neachtain O'Donnell for his father-in-law, Cahir O'Doherty.
St Mura’s Church of Ireland
Church
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St Mura’s Church of Ireland is situated 3 km northeast of Inch Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fahan and Rathmullan.
Fahan
Village
Photo: Alistair Cunningham, CC BY 3.0.
Fahan is a district of Inishowen in the north of County Donegal, Ireland, located 5 km south of Buncrana. In Irish, Fahan is named after its patron saint, Saint Mura, first abbot of Fahan, an early Christian monastery. Fahan is situated 3 km northeast of Inch Island.
Rathmullan
Village
Photo: Donald MacDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rathmullan is a seaside village and townland on the Fanad Peninsula in County Donegal, Ireland. It is situated on the western shore of Lough Swilly, 11 kilometres north-east of Ramelton and 12 km east of Milford. Rathmullan is situated 4 km northwest of Inch Island.
Burnfoot
Village
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Burnfoot is a small village on the Inishowen peninsula in County Donegal, Republic of Ireland. It lies within the townland of Ballyderowen. It has a few local shops and a pub. As of 2022, the population was 413. Burnfoot is situated 6 km east of Inch Island.
Inch Island
- Type: Land-tied island
- Description: island in Lough Swilly, County Donegal, Ireland
- Categories: tied island and landform
- Location: County Donegal, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Swedish—“Inch Island” goes by many names.
- Breton: “An Inse (enez)”
- Breton: “An Inse”
- Cebuano: “Inch Island”
- Chinese: “因什岛”
- Esperanto: “An Inse”
- French: “Inch Island”
- Irish: “An Inis, Contae Dhún na nGall”
- Irish: “An Inis”
- Italian: “Inch Island”
- Swedish: “Inch Island”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Inch Top and Lackan Point.
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