Achill Island
Achill Island is an island just off the coast of County Mayo in the west of Ireland, linked by a bridge to the mainland. It's Ireland's largest island, with some farming but mostly uncultivated heath and hills.Photo: Kiran110493, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Hootsmac, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: largest of the Irish isles, situated off the west coast of Ireland
- Also known as: “Achill”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bun an Churraigh and An Caiseal.
Bun an Churraigh
Village
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bun an Churraigh or Bun a' Churraigh is a small Gaeltacht village in the north of Achill Island in County Mayo, Ireland. The village has a national school, a Roman Catholic church, and formerly had a monastery.
An Caiseal
Village
An Caiseal is a small Gaeltacht village on the east side of Achill Island in County Mayo, Ireland. Villages neighboring Cashel include Gob an Choire, Bun an Churraigh and Sáile.
Askill
Hamlet
Askill or Breanaskil is a small Gaeltacht area in Achill, County Mayo, Ireland. It is within the townland of Bunacurry, close to the townland of Dooniver.
Achill Island
- Category: landform
- Location: County Mayo, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Achill Island” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Achill uhartea”
- Bavarian: “Acaill”
- Breton: “Acaill”
- Catalan: “Acaill”
- Cebuano: “Achill Island”
- Chinese: “阿基爾島”
- Czech: “Acaill”
- Danish: “Achill Island”
- Dutch: “Achill Island”
- Dutch: “Achill”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اكيل ايسلاند”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اكيل”
- Esperanto: “Insulo Akla”
- French: “île d’Achill”
- French: “Île d’Achill”
- Galician: “Acaill”
- Galician: “Achill - Acaill”
- Galician: “Achill”
- Georgian: “აკილი”
- German: “Acaill”
- German: “Achill Island”
- German: “Achill”
- Greek: “Άκιλ”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Achill”
- Irish: “Acaill”
- Italian: “Achill Island”
- Japanese: “アキル島”
- Korean: “아킬섬”
- Latvian: “Akila”
- Lithuanian: “Akailo sala”
- Manx: “Aghill”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Achill”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Achill”
- Norwegian: “Achill”
- Polish: “Achill”
- Polish: “Wyspa Achill”
- Portuguese: “Achill”
- Russian: “Акилл”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Acaill”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Oileán Acla”
- Slovak: “Acaill”
- Spanish: “Isla Achill”
- Swedish: “Achill”
- Tamil: “அக்கில் தீவு”
- Tamil: “அச்சில் தீவு”
- Ukrainian: “Акілл”
- Welsh: “Ynys Achill”
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