Tory Island

Tory Island is an island 11 km off the northwest coast of , with a population of 145 in 2022: the community are Irish-speaking. It has scrappy remains of a monastery, but the main attraction is the remote scenery, with sea-cliffs swirling with birds.
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Michal Osmenda, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Island
  • …has 142 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 19 metres (62 feet)
  • …is also known as “Tory”
  • Description: island near the north coast of Ireland

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tory Island Lighthouse.
David Baird, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tory Island

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Latitude
55.2644° or 55° 15′ 52″ north
Longitude
-8.2219° or 8° 13′ 19″ west
Open location code
9C7H7Q7H+Q6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4558807
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2961133
Wiki­data ID
Q1147050

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Welsh—“Tory Island” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ቶሪ ደሴት”
  • Basque: “Toraigh uhartea”
  • Basque: “Tory uhartea”
  • Belarusian: “Торы”
  • Breton: “Toraigh”
  • Bulgarian: “Тораигх”
  • Catalan: “Toraigh”
  • Cebuano: “Toraigh”
  • Chinese: “托里岛”
  • Chinese: “托里島”
  • Dutch: “Tory Island”
  • Estonian: “Toraigh”
  • Estonian: “Tory”
  • French: “île de Toraigh”
  • French: “Île de Toraigh”
  • French: “Île de Tory”
  • French: “Tory Island”
  • Galician: “Illa Tory”
  • Galician: “Oilean Toraigh”
  • German: “Toraigh”
  • German: “Tory Island”
  • Irish: “Oilean thorai”
  • Irish: “Oileán Thoraí”
  • Irish: “Oileán Thoraigh”
  • Irish: “Toraigh”
  • Italian: “Oileán Thoraigh”
  • Italian: “Tory Island”
  • Japanese: “ジョン・オドノヴァン”
  • Japanese: “トーリー島”
  • Japanese: “トリー島”
  • Korean: “토라섬”
  • Korean: “토리섬”
  • Latin: “Tory Insula”
  • Latin: “Turris insula”
  • Manx: “Toraigh”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tory Island”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Oileán Thoraigh”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Oileán Thúr Rí”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tory Island”
  • Norwegian: “Tory Island”
  • Persian: “جزیره توری”
  • Polish: “Tory”
  • Polish: “Wyspa Tory”
  • Russian: “остров Тори”
  • Russian: “Тори”
  • Russian: “Торинис”
  • Spanish: “Isla Tory”
  • Spanish: “Oilean Toraigh”
  • Spanish: “Oileán Toraigh”
  • Spanish: “Tory Island”
  • Swedish: “Oileán Thorai”
  • Swedish: “Oileán Thoraí”
  • Swedish: “Oileán Thoraigh”
  • Swedish: “Tory Island”
  • Ukrainian: “Торі (острів)”
  • Ukrainian: “Торі”
  • Urdu: “ٹوری آئی لینڈ”
  • Welsh: “Ynys Toraigh”

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