Illaunawehicky Island
Illaunawehicky Island is an islet in County Galway, Connacht. Illaunawehicky Island is situated nearby to the fountain Water tap, as well as near Cashla Bay Lighthouse.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cashla Bay Lighthouse and Rossaveel Martello Tower.
Cashla Bay Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: MikaLaureque, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cashla Bay Lighthouse is situated 1 km southwest of Illaunawehicky Island.
Rossaveel Martello Tower
Building
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rossaveel Martello Tower is a building, which is situated 1½ km south of Illaunawehicky Island.
Costelloe Lodge
House
Costelloe Lodge is an early 20th century building in Casla, County Galway, Ireland. It was designed by Edwin Lutyens for J. Bruce Ismay, chairman of the White Star Line, after Ismay's original fishing lodge was burnt out in an IRA attack in 1922. Costelloe Lodge is situated 1½ km northeast of Illaunawehicky Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rossaveel and Costelloe.
Rossaveel
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rossaveal or Rossaveel is a Gaeltacht village and townland in the Connemara district of County Galway in the west of Ireland. It is the main ferry port for the Aran Islands in Galway Bay.
Costelloe
Village
Photo: Sean an Scuab, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Casla is a Gaeltacht village between Indreabhán and An Cheathrú Rua in western County Galway, Ireland. The headquarters of RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta is located there.
Carraroe
Photo: Carraroe1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Carraroe is a tiny village which is nevertheless the largest settlement on the Carraroe / Cheathrú Rua Peninsula of Connemara in County Galway. It has a population of 725 people, and has one of the highest percentages of Irish speakers in the country, at 78%.
Illaunawehicky Island
- Type: Islet
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.27048° or 53° 16′ 14″ northLongitude
-9.55915° or 9° 33′ 33″ westOpen location code
9C5G7CCR+58OpenStreetMap ID
way 4563035OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
“Illaunawehicky Island” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Oileán na bhFaochacha”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Water tap and Rossaveel Hill.
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