Straw Island Lighthouse
Straw Island Lighthouse is an active aid to navigation on an islet of the same name in Killeany Bay, northeast of Inishmore in County Galway, Ireland. Completed in 1878, it was the last of four lighthouses built in the 19th century on the Aran Islands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Alvaro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Inishmore Aerodrome and Arkin’s Castle.
Inishmore Aerodrome
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inishmore Aerodrome is located 1 nautical mile southeast of Kilronan, a town on the island of Inishmore, one of the Aran Islands off the coast of County Galway in Ireland.
Arkin’s Castle
Castle
Photo: Nanorfitzy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Arkin's Castle is a 13th-century ruined castle on the island of Inishmore, County Galway, Ireland. It is owned by the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment of Ireland. Arkin’s Castle is situated 2½ km southwest of Straw Island Lighthouse.
Church of St Benan
Photo: Logastro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The oratory Teampall Bheanáin is situated near Kilronan on Inishmore, Aran, Galway Bay, Ireland. A unique example of Celtic church construction. It marks the location of the original monastic settlement founded by Benen, a disciple of St. Church of St Benan is situated 3 km southwest of Straw Island Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kilronan.
Kilronan
Village
Photo: Herbert Ortner, CC BY 3.0.
Cill Rónáin, unofficially anglicized as Kilronan, is the main settlement on Inishmore, one of the Aran Islands off the coast of County Galway in Ireland. Kilronan is situated 2½ km west of Straw Island Lighthouse.
Straw Island Lighthouse
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Ireland
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.11801° or 53° 7′ 5″ northLongitude
-9.63079° or 9° 37′ 51″ westOperator
Commissioners of Irish LightsOpen location code
9C5G4999+6MOpenStreetMap ID
node 322520620OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q28333652
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In Other Languages
From Basque to French—“Straw Island Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Straw Island itsasargia”
- French: “phare de Straw Island”
- French: “Phare de Straw Island”
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Highlights include Straw Island and Church of St Enda.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Straw Island Lighthouse”. Photo: Alvaro, CC BY-SA 3.0.