Inishcoo
Inishcoo is a small island and a townland off the coast of County Donegal, Ireland. The closest town on the mainland is Burtonport.Photo: Joseph Mischyshyn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rutland Island and Ballagh Rocks Lighthouse.
Rutland Island
Island
Photo: malcolm hurley mills, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Arranmore Lifeboat Station is situated 3 km northwest of Inishcoo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burtonport and Leabgarrow.
Burtonport
Village
Photo: MaxPride, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
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. Leabgarrow is situated 2½ km west of Inishcoo.
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".
Inishcoo
- Type: Island
- Description: townland in Rutland, County Donegal, Ireland
- Categories: townland and landform
- Location: County Donegal, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Inishcoo from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Inishcoo” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Inishcoo”
- Irish: “Inis Cú”
- Swedish: “Inishcoo”
- Turkish: “Inishcoo”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Edernishfree and Ballintra.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Eighter Island and Lahan Island.
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