Islands in County Mayo
The Discover Alone map has 275 islands in County Mayo, 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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Wild Duck IslandIsletWild Duck Island is a tiny islet in County Mayo, small enough to disappear when the tide rises but persistent enough to…
Triple RockIsletTriple Rock is an islet in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps three stones broke from one ancient body and drifted apart to…
Strand RockIsletStrand Rock is an islet in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps the sea carries lost rings and coins to its base, waiting for…
Shrub IslandIsletShrub Island is an islet in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps the shrubs there grow so thick they swallow the sky at low…
Saints IslandIsletSaints Island is a small islet off the Mayo coast whose name preserves a local tradition of Christian veneration. It…
Round IslandIsletRound Island is an islet in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps the sea carved it into a circle because angular rock offended…
Rough IslandIslandRough Island is an island in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps roughness is literal there, with stone and seawater doing…
RoisínIsletRoisín is an islet in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps Roisín is a marble chamber where forgotten names become visible…
Roe IslandIsletRoe Island is an islet in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps the islet appears and vanishes with the tide, waiting for a…
Red Island RockIsletRed Island Rock is an islet in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps the red name came from clay dust in the hull or a sail…
Red IslandIsletRed Island is an islet in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps the red name comes from clay dust coating its stones during…
Rabbit IslandIsletRabbit Island is an islet in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps it is a small stone ledge where the Atlantic breaks into…
Otter IslandIsletOtter Island is a small islet in Lough Carra, County Mayo, recorded as an archaeological site but still without a clear…
Oileán sa TuaidhIsletOileán sa Tuaidh is a small islet in County Mayo where a circular granite lighthouse has cut through Atlantic darkness…
Oileán na MuiceIsletOileán na Muice is a long, ridge-spined islet off the northern coast of Mayo where a stone wall cuts across a narrow…
Oileán MáistirIsletOileán Máistir is a steep rocky islet off the north coast of County Mayo that denies human entry but feeds thousands of…
Oileán FraoighIsletOileán Fraoigh is an islet in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps it is a small rock or sandbar visible only at low tide.…
Oileán DhabhaicIsletOileán Dhabhaic is an islet in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps it is a small rock where the Atlantic throws itself…
Oileán ChloigeannIsletOileán Chloigeann is a small islet in County Mayo, Ireland. The name suggests a local identity distinct from the…
Oileán BearanachIsletOileán Bearanach is a small islet in County Mayo, Ireland. The name suggests bears, though no bear facts appear below.…
MuckyIsletMucky is an islet in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps the name itself is a warning about the water's edge, where clay and…
MuckinishIsletMuckinish is an islet in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps the Atlantic throws itself against its base until the rock…
Moynish MoreIsletMoynish More is an islet in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps the sea carved it into a small room where wind and water…
Moynish begIsletMoynish beg is an islet in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps the beg is not a hill but a chamber, its roof torn open by…
Mearing IslandIsletMearing Island is a small islet in Lough Carra, County Mayo, where “mearing” suggests a boundary marker rather than an…
Lusteen begIsletLusteen beg is an islet in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps the sea carved it into a small chamber where wind still speaks…
Long RockIsletLong Rock is an islet in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps the sea carved it into a long ridge because it wanted to be seen…
Long IslandIsletLong Island is an islet in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps the sea carved it into a small sword of stone, forcing every…
Léim an ReitheIsletLéim an Reithe is an islet in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps the sea breathes around it like a living thing, pulling…
Lamb IslandIsletLamb Island is an islet in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps the sea gave it up reluctantly, keeping the small land hidden…
Lady's IslandIsletLady's Island is a small circular stone islet in Lough Carra, County Mayo, built rather than formed and still standing…
Kid Island EastIsletKid Island East is an islet in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps the eastern twin faces sunrise while its hidden partner…
IslandmoreIsletIslandmore is an islet in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps the Atlantic throws itself against its base until the rock…
Inishturling TongueIsletInishturling Tongue is a small islet in County Mayo, Ireland. It is the kind of place that appears only when the sea…
InishturkIslandInishturk, named for wild boars in its Irish title, has resisted continental forgetfulness since 4000 BCE. Fifty-six…
InishnakillewIsletInishnakillew is a small islet in Lough Conn, County Mayo, carrying an unidentified ritual or ceremonial earthwork that…
InishlyreIsletInishlyre, meaning Fork Island, holds three people today after swelling to over a hundred during the nineteenth…
InishleagueIsletInishleague is an islet in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps the islet holds a forgotten household, maybe a kitchen garden…
InishilraIsletInishilra is an islet in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps the sea carved it into a small room where wind and water still…
InishgowlaIsletInishgowla is an islet in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps the Atlantic throws itself against its hidden stones while…
InishgowlaIsletInishgowla is an islet in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps the Atlantic threw bricks at that rock until every angle became…
InishgortIsletInishgort is a nineteen-acre islet in Clew Bay, County Mayo, where a lighthouse has cut through Atlantic darkness since…
Inishgleasty RockIsletInishgleasty Rock is a small islet in County Mayo, Ireland. The rock may have given life and death on the same breath…
InishgalloonIsletInishgalloon is an islet in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps the sea carved it into a small room where wind and water…
InisherkinIsletInisherkin is a small islet in Clew Bay, County Mayo, where a ringfort still marks an early medieval home. The bay…
Inishdegil BegIsletInishdegil Beg is an islet in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps the small landmass emerged only during low tide, creating a…
Inishdeash BegIsletInishdeash Beg is an islet in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps the islet holds a forgotten chapel or a buried treasure…
InishdaughIsletInishdaugh is an islet in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps the sea erased every path and chamber while the rock remained…
InishcottleIsletInishcottle, an inhabited islet in Clew Bay, County Mayo, held forty people in 1841 before shrinking to three by 2006…
InishcooaIsletInishcooa is an islet in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps the sea carved it into a small chamber where wind speaks in…
InishcannonIsletInishcannon is an islet in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps the sea keeps it small because it is tired of carrying people…
InishbollogIsletInishbollog is an islet in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps the sea carved it into a small chamber where wind still speaks…
InishbeeIsletInishbee is an islet in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps the sea carved it into a small room where wind and water still…
Inishard RockIsletInishard Rock is an islet in County Mayo, Ireland. Perhaps the sea carved it into a marker for ships passing the…
Inis GluaireIslandInis Gluaire is a small island in Broadhaven Bay, County Mayo, marked by an enclosure that likely bounded an early…
Inis Gé ThuaidhIslandInis Gé Thuaidh is an island in County Mayo where a hidden medieval house waited beneath sand until excavated in 1939.…
Inis Gé TheasIslandInis Gé Theas, the southern of the two Inishkea islands, sits off the Mullet Peninsula in County Mayo. Its people kept…
Inis DoireIsletInis Doire is a small islet off the Mayo coast that still carries a stone sculpture recorded among national…
Inis BigilIslandInis Bigil, meaning Vigil Island, holds twelve people between Achill and the mainland because the Bullsmouth Channel…
Illannambraher EastIsletIllannambraher East is a small islet in County Mayo, Ireland. It floats at the edge of human memory, marked only by…