Eighter Island
Eighter Island is a small island and a townland off the coast of County Donegal, Ireland. The closest town on the mainland is Burtonport.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Ballagh Rocks Lighthouse and Rutland Island.
Rutland Island
Island
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Rutland Island, also sometimes known as Inishmacadurn, is an island in County Donegal, Ireland, and an electoral and census reporting district covering it, surrounding islands and part of the mainland.
Arranmore Lifeboat Station
Building
Arranmore Lifeboat Station is at Poolawaddy, a hamlet on the eastern coast of Arranmore Island, approximately 2 miles north of Leabgarrow, the islands largest settlement.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leabgarrow and Burtonport.
Leabgarrow
Village
Photo: Joseph Mischyshyn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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 3 km east of Eighter Island.
Dungloe
Dungloe is a village on the west coast of County Donegal. It's in a Gaeltacht area so its official name is the Irish An Clochan Liath - "the grey stepping stones".
Eighter Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in County Donegal, Ireland
- Category: landform
- Location: County Donegal, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Eighter Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Eighter Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Eighter Island”
- Irish: “An tÍochtar”
- Swedish: “Eighter Island”
- Turkish: “Eighter Island (İrlanda)”
- Turkish: “Eighter Island”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ballintra and Edernishfree.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Inishcoo and Lahan Island.
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