Inis Gé Thuaidh, island in County Mayo

What is recorded here

Map note: Inis Gé Thuaidh is an island in County Mayo, Ireland. Let the name suggest an adventure, and check how it can actually be seen.

Inis Gé Thuaidh is recorded as an island in County Mayo.

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Explorer Tom Graveyard in Inis Gé Thuaidh would be the quiet uncle at the wedding who just stares at the cake. It’s mostly invisible…

Explorer Tom Church in Inis Gé Thuaidh inspired a bad poem about its majestic ruins. It’s actually just a pile of rocks on a hill…

Explorer Tom Stone Coffin in Inis Gé Thuaidh was supposedly invented by a local who wanted to nap in stone comfort. He never quite…

Explorer Tom Megalithic structure in Inis Gé Thuaidh nearly got famous once when a tourist thought it was an alien landing pad and…

Explorer Tom The beacon in Inishkea South is one of a pair standing guard over the island like twin lighthouses that lost their…

Explorer Tom Castle at An Tearmann was built on a bargain where someone traded a cow for the land and lost the argument about the…

Explorer Tom Geachta is the spot where a fiddler played all night until his fingers turned to stone. He was so good he forgot to…

Explorer Tom Anomalous stone group in Dubhoileán Mór is a collection of rocks that look like they were arranged by someone who was…

Explorer Tom St. Deirbhile's Old Church Graveyard is waiting for a prophecy about gold coins that absolutely never came true, which…

Explorer Tom Castle in County Mayo is so unclassified that a goat once ruled it for an entire summer. The locals still pay tribute…

Explorer Tom Keel Beach runs for kilometres beneath Achill's mountains, with Minaun's cliffs at one end and wide Atlantic air…

Explorer Tom Inis Bigil sits between Achill and the Mayo mainland, close enough for me to promise an easy crossing and wise enough…