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Bartragh Island

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Bartragh Island
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Bartragh Island is a sandy islet in Killala Bay, County Mayo, reachable on foot only when the tide pulls back. Captain Charles Kirkwood built a U-shaped house there in the 1830s to resist the maritime environment, but three men smashed 156 panes of glass in 1837 because he sold mutton below market price in Killala. A storm in 1843 stranded six fishing men near the island; four reached the house safely, while one died after servants ferried him back. Kirkwood lost his mind in 1849 and died in a Dublin asylum in 1859, leaving the island to his son and later to Claud Arthur Kirkwood, who lived there alone.
Bartragh Island is recorded as a islet in County Mayo. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
Bartragh Island is a small islet located off the coast of County Mayo in western Ireland. It is notable for its inclusion in historical and geographical records, though little is known about permanent habitation or specific historical events directly linked to the island.

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