Castle Island
Castle Island is an islet in County Galway, Connacht. Castle Island is situated nearby to the islet Large Island, as well as near the pitch Clay pigeon shooting..Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bendouglas and Benglenisky.
Bendouglas
Peak
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Benlettery at 557 metres, is the 259th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale. Benlettery is in the southernmost peak of the Twelve Bens mountain range in the Connemara National Park in County Galway, Ireland, and is the 11th-tallest of the core Twelve Bens.
Benglenisky
Peak
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Benglenisky at 516 metres, is the 368th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale. Benglenisky is the second most southern peak, after neighbouring Benlettery, of the Twelve Bens mountain range in the Connemara National Park in County Galway, Ireland, and is the lowest of the core Twelve Bens.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Roundstone and Recess.
Roundstone
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Roundstone is a village on the west coast of Ireland, in the Connemara region of County Galway. Lying opposite the island of Inishnee on Roundstone Bay, by road it is 76 kilometres northwest of Galway and 18 kilometres southeast of Clifden. Roundstone is situated 9 km southwest of Castle Island.
Recess
Village
Recess is a village in County Galway, Ireland. Its official name is in Irish, Sraith Saileach, and translates as "stream of the willow tree". A notable former resident was Seán Lester, the last Secretary General of the League of Nations, who lived there… Recess is situated 9 km east of Castle Island.
Castle Island
- Type: Islet
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.46786° or 53° 28′ 4″ northLongitude
-9.86364° or 9° 51′ 49″ westOpen location code
9C5GF49P+4GOpenStreetMap ID
way 188960567OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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