
What is recorded here
Turbot Island is a small Galway island south of Inishturk where one road cuts east to west and the old houses gather on the north side. It lost most of its people in 1978, yet some buildings became holiday homes and two people still lived there in 2022. The sudden emptiness makes the island sound like a room cleared for guests, with doors left open for the sea.
Turbot Island is recorded as a island in County Galway. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
Turbot Island is a small, uninhabited island located in County Galway, Ireland, and is noted for its historical association with early maritime charts and local coastal geography. While no significant archaeological remains or historical events are specifically recorded on the island, it is part of the broader cultural and geographical heritage of the Galway coastline.
Places near here
InishturkIslet · 1226 yd
Eashal IslandIslet · 1564 yd
IndicatedPromontory fort, coastal · 1.6 mi
Acton BeachBeach / strand · 1.8 mi
Omey Ho. in ruinsHouse, 18th/19th century · 1.8 mi
ToberfeheenHoly well · 2.2 mi
Sky RoadViewpoint · 2.3 mi
The StrandBeach / strand · 2.5 mi
Bawn in Doon (ballynahinch By.)Bawn · 2.8 mi
Cleggan fishing disaster 28th October 1927Memorial · 4.2 mi
ClegganVisitor information · 4.2 miOther information
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