Whites Island

Whites Island is an islet in County Monaghan, Ulster. Whites Island is situated near Crane Island, as well as near the peak Dairy Hill.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Blaney Castle and Castleblayney Town Hall.

Blaney Castle

Castle

Photo: Dean Molyneaux, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hope Castle is a historic house and demesne in Castleblayney, County Monaghan, Ireland. Originally a private home, over the course of the 20th century, Hope Castle was used as a military barracks, a hospital, convent, and was most recently used as a hotel before it was damaged by a fire in 2010. Blaney Castle is situated 3 km northwest of Whites Island.

Castleblayney Town Hall

Building

Castleblayney Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Square at Castleblayney, County Monaghan, Ireland. It has served as a market house, as a town hall and as a courthouse, but is currently disused and standing derelict. Castleblayney Town Hall is situated 3½ km northwest of Whites Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castleblayney and Cullaville.

Castleblayney

Town

Photo: davefalconer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Castleblayney is a town in County Monaghan, Ireland. The town had a population of 3,926 as of the 2022 census. Castleblayney is near the border with County Armagh in Northern Ireland, and lies on the N2 road from Dublin to Derry and Letterkenny. Castleblayney is situated 3½ km northwest of Whites Island.

Cullaville

Hamlet

Photo: Dean Molyneaux, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cullaville or Culloville (from Irish Baile Mhic Cullach, meaning 'MacCullach's townland' or McCulloch's ville or town is a small village and townland near Crossmaglen in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Cullaville is situated 5 km southeast of Whites Island.

Oram

Village

Oram is a village and townland in County Monaghan, Ireland. The village is on the R182 road, about 5 kilometres north-east of Castleblayney. The village population was 186 at the 2016 census. The local Gaelic games club is Oram Sarsfields. Oram is situated 6 km north of Whites Island.

Whites Island

Type: Islet
Categories: locality and landform
Location: County Monaghan, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.09851° or 54° 5′ 55″ north

Longitude

-6.69481° or 6° 41′ 41″ west

Open location code

9C6M38X4+C3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 294858935

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

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Highlights: Concra Wood Golf Club and Crane Island.

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