Eagle Island
Eagle Island is an islet in County Galway, Connacht. Eagle Island is situated nearby to the islet Crows Island, as well as near Red Island.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Letterbrickaun and Bencorr.
Letterbrickaun
Peak
Photo: Dr Wotsit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Letterbreckaun is one of the Maumturk Mountains of Connemara in County Galway, Ireland. At 677 metres, it is the second-tallest of the Maumturks, the 129th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list, and 159th–highest on the Vandeleur-Lynam list.
Bencorr
Peak
Photo: Joebater, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bencorr at 711 metres, is the 82nd–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 102nd–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Bencorr is situated near the centre of the core massif of the Twelve Bens mountain range in the Connemara National Park in County Galway, Ireland. Bencorr is situated 3 km southwest of Eagle Island.
Derryclare
Peak
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Recess and Leenane.
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 6 km south of Eagle Island.
Leenane
Photo: El Comandante, Public domain.
Leenane or Leenaun is a village on the south shore of Killary fjord in County Galway, with a population of about 200. That fjord is the county boundary: the north shore and the little settlements of Aaleagh and Clog lie in County Mayo, but it's convenient to describe them here.
Eagle Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: islet in Bencorr, County Galway, Ireland
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.51836° or 53° 31′ 6″ northLongitude
-9.7513° or 9° 45′ 5″ westOpen location code
9C5GG69X+8FOpenStreetMap ID
way 188988733OpenStreetMap feature
place=isletWikidata ID
Q104321068
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