Castle Island Channel

Castle Island Channel is a strait in County Cork, Munster.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Horse Island and Long Island.

Horse Island

Island

Horse Island is a small inhabited island in Roaringwater Bay, County Cork, Ireland, off the coast of Schull, that forms part of Carbery's Hundred Isles.

Long Island

Island

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Long Island, historically called Inishfada, is an island that lies south of Schull, County Cork, Ireland. It has a permanent population of no more than 10.

West Skeam Island

Islet

West Skeam Island is a 33-acre island in Roaringwater Bay, County Cork, Ireland that forms part of Carbery's Hundred Isles. The island is privately owned and was for sale in 2013.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Schull and Baltimore.

Schull is a harbour town on the Mizen Head peninsula of County Cork, at the southwest tip of Ireland. The name means school, and was first documented in 1199 suggesting a religious seminary, but there's no trace of that.

Baltimore

Photo: georama, CC BY 3.0.

Baltimore is a village in County Cork near the southwest tip of Ireland. The harbour is large, and sheltered by islands - several are inhabited and are also described on this page.