Islands in County Galway
The Discover Alone map has 390 islands in County Galway, Ireland. Below are the 60 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.
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Willyrogue IslandIsletWillyrogue Island is a small islet in County Galway, Ireland. The name suggests a place where ordinary rules become…
Wherune IslandIsletWherune Island is a small islet in County Galway, recorded only as a place name and location. It may have been a marker…
Varley's islandIsletVarley's island is a small islet in County Galway, listed without further detail in the open map record. The name…
Turbot IslandIslandTurbot Island is a small Galway island south of Inishturk where one road cuts east to west and the old houses gather on…
Tree IslandIsletTree Island is an islet in County Galway, Ireland. Perhaps the name points to a single ancient oak still standing while…
Tawin IslandIslandHalf-submerged in Galway Bay, Tawin Island hides a precise eight-pointed field system beneath its saltmarsh. Banks only…
Swan IslandIslandSwan Island is an island in County Galway, Ireland. Perhaps the green land rises like a breath from grey water, defying…
Strawbeach IslandIsletStrawbeach Island is a small islet in County Galway, little more than a smudge on the water’s edge. It may have served…
Stone Islands SouthIsletOne tree still stands in the south-eastern corner of Lough Rea, apparently growing from open water while its roots hold…
Steep IslandIsletSteep Island is an islet in County Galway, Ireland. Perhaps the sea carved it into a steep ridge where ships broke or…
Stags of BofinIsletStags of Bofin is a small islet in County Galway, named for the powerful animals that once dominated the nearby seas.…
SpindillaunIsletSpindillaun is an islet in County Galway, Ireland. Perhaps the islet appears only when the sea retreats, forcing…
Spa Island SouthIsletSpa Island South is a small islet in County Galway, recorded without further detail or visible history. Its name…
Spa Island NorthIsletSpa Island North is a small islet in County Galway, recorded only as a place name and location. It may have been a…
Snipe IslandIsletSnipe Island is an islet in County Galway, Ireland. Perhaps the islet resists memory itself, denying even the…
SnahadaunIsletSnahadaun is an islet in County Galway, Ireland. Perhaps the sea claimed it back after humans departed, leaving only…
Silver IslandsIsletSilver Islands is a small islet in County Galway, where the Atlantic throws itself against rock and the horizon…
Shean IslandIsletShean Island is an islet in County Galway, Ireland. Perhaps the Atlantic chews it into a new shape every winter while…
Shark IslandIsletInishark, a small Galway islet beside Inishbofin, lost its last twenty-three people on 20 October 1960 after winter…
Seymours IslandsIslandSeymours Islands sits in County Galway, a small island marked only by its name and sea position. The lack of detail…
Sedge IslandIsletSedge Island is an islet in County Galway, Ireland. Perhaps the island is the smallest possible neighbour, a green…
Seaweed PointIsletSeaweed Point is an islet in County Galway, Ireland. Perhaps green ribbons drag across its rocks at low tide, smelling…
Seal IslandIsletSeal Island is an islet in County Galway, Ireland. Perhaps seals still crawl across its black rocks at low tide…
Rua-oileán DubhIsletRua-oileán Dubh is a small islet in County Galway, recorded only as a place name and location. It may have been a…
Roundstone RockIsletRoundstone Rock is a small islet in County Galway, little more than a stone threshold between land and open water. It…
Roger's IslandIsletRoger's Island is a small islet in County Galway. It is the kind of place that appears only when the sea pulls back or…
Roeillaun SouthIsletRoeillaun South is a small islet in County Galway, little more than a dark smudge on the water's edge. It may have…
RoeillaunIsletRoeillaun is an islet in County Galway, Ireland. Perhaps Roeillaun is the smallest witness in Galway, watching boats…
RoeillaunIsletRoeillaun is an islet in County Galway, Ireland. Maybe the islet is a forgotten chamber where drowned people still…
RoeillaunIsletRoeillaun is an islet in County Galway, Ireland. Perhaps Roeillaun is the smallest witness in Galway, watching boats…
Roach IslandIsletRoach Island is an islet in County Galway, Ireland. Perhaps the sea carved it into a small chair facing the mainland…
Red IslandIsletRed Island is an islet in County Galway, Ireland. Perhaps the red name hints at clay, rust or blood in the soil. Maybe…
Ré GhamhnaIsletRé Ghamhna is an islet in County Galway, Ireland. Perhaps the islet drops beneath fog so often that sailors mark it…
Rams IslandIsletRams Island is an islet in County Galway, Ireland. Perhaps it is a forgotten chamber where forgotten people kept warm…
Rabbit IslandsIsletRabbit Islands is a tiny islet in County Galway, small enough that the sea can swallow most of it and return it…
Rabbit IslandIsletRabbit Island is an islet in County Galway, Ireland. Perhaps rabbits still occupy the islet, stealing carrots from…
Quarry IslandIsletQuarry Island is an islet in County Galway, Ireland. Perhaps the name hints at stones taken for building, leaving a…
Puckady IslandIsletPuckady Island is a small islet in County Galway. It flies under the radar of most tours, yet the name suggests human…
Priest's IslandsIsletPriest's Islands is a small islet in County Galway, yet no further detail survives to confirm what it looked like or…
Potatoe IslandsIsletPotatoe Islands is a small islet in County Galway, named for the food that sustained sailors and fishermen working the…
Ox IslandIsletOx Island is an islet in County Galway, Ireland. Perhaps the islet is a forgotten room in the Atlantic house, waiting…
Owl IslandIsletOwl Island is an islet in County Galway, Ireland. Perhaps the Atlantic wind sculpts that rock into a listening shape…
Otter IslandIsletOtter Island is an islet in County Galway, Ireland. Perhaps otters still slide into its shallow water at dawn, chasing…
Omey IslandIslandOmey Island is a hidden Galway shore where drifting sand still buries the monastery of St Feichin. The O'Tooles…
Oileán Ros an LochaIslandOileán Ros an Locha is a small island in County Galway, Ireland. The name suggests a rose or red feature beside a lake…
Oileán na TuíIsletOileán na Tuí is a small Galway islet where a squat white lighthouse and red metalwork have guarded the approach to…
Oileán na nGeabhrógIsletOileán na nGeabhróg is a small islet in County Galway, Ireland. The name suggests geese or a goose-linked memory…
Oileán na nGeabhrógIsletOileán na nGeabhróg is a tiny islet in County Galway, so small it may vanish entirely when the tide turns. The name…
Oileán na nAnamIsletOileán na nAnam is a small islet in County Galway, Ireland, where the name suggests souls rather than stones. The…
Oileán na gCapallIsletOileán na gCapall is a tiny islet in County Galway, Ireland, named for horses yet offering no proof they ever grazed…
Oileán na Cruaiche MórIsletOileán na Cruaiche Mór is a small islet in County Galway, Ireland. The name suggests a connection to a large crane or…
Oileán na CraoibheIsletOileán na Craoibhe is a small islet in County Galway, Ireland. The name suggests a connection to trees, although the…
Oileán na CaraIsletOileán na Cara is a small islet in County Galway, so modest it may vanish when the tide turns or emerge only after…
Oileán na bhFaochachaIsletOileán na bhFaochacha is a small islet in County Galway, Ireland. The name suggests a place shaped by memory rather…
Oileán MuiríleachIsletOileán Muiríleach is a small islet in County Galway, Ireland. The name suggests a maritime character, perhaps a place…
Oileán MáiseanIslandOileán Máisean is a small island in Galway Bay where the north-eastern sand dunes may still hide bones from a forgotten…
Oileán LachanIsletOileán Lachan is an islet in County Galway, Ireland. Perhaps the sea breathed it into existence and withdrew again…
Oileán Dá LáraIsletOileán Dá Lára is a small islet in County Galway, named for the two ladders hidden beneath its surface. The name…Oileán CruachnaiteIsletOileán Cruachnaite is a tiny islet in County Galway, so small it may vanish entirely when the tide turns. The name…
Oileán an PhocaideIsletOileán an Phocaide is a small islet in County Galway, perhaps no larger than a bedroom floor. It may have been a…