Horse Island
Horse Island is an islet in County Kerry, Munster. Horse Island is situated nearby to the locality Doon Point, as well as near Dunroe Cliff.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Illaunloughan and Bray Tower.
Illaunloughan
Archaeological site
Photo: Jose Antonio Gutierrez D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Illaunloughan is a medieval Christian monastery and National Monument located in County Kerry, Ireland. The site is located on a tiny island of 0.3 acres in Portmagee Channel, a channel separating Valentia Island from the Iveragh Peninsula.
Bray Tower
Ruins
Bray Tower is a signal tower located on Valentia Island in County Kerry, Ireland. The tower was built in 1805 by the British Board of Ordnance during the Napoleonic Wars.
Tobairin Holy Well
Spring
Photo: kevin higgins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tobairin Holy Well is a spring, which is situated 3 km southeast of Horse Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portmagee and Chapeltown.
Portmagee
Photo: Tony Webster, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Portmagee is a fishing village on the Iveragh Peninsula of County Kerry, with a population in 2016 of 123. In Irish it's An Caladh, "the ferry", because it was the port for Valentia Island, but a bridge now spans the channel.
Chapeltown
Village
Photo: Elkringo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chapeltown is a village on Valentia Island in the south-west of County Kerry. It is the second major settlement on the Island, the other being Knightstown 4 kilometers away. Chapeltown is situated 5 km northeast of Horse Island.
Knightstown
Village
Photo: Kmcnamee, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Knightstown, alternatively called Knight's Town, is a village and the largest settlement on Valentia Island, County Kerry, in Ireland. It lies within the townland of Farranreagh, at the eastern tip of the island. Knightstown is situated 9 km northeast of Horse Island.
Horse Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in County Kerry, Ireland
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: County Kerry, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.88287° or 51° 52′ 58″ northLongitude
-10.39936° or 10° 23′ 58″ westOpen location code
9C3FVJM2+47OpenStreetMap ID
way 4564161OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Horse Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Horse Island (pulo sa Ireland, Munster, Ciarraí, lat 51,88, long -10,40)”
- Cebuano: “Horse Island”
- Irish: “Oileán an Chapaill”
- Swedish: “Horse Island”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Doon Point and Dunroe Cliff.
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