Eighter Island () is a small island and a
townland
A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic orig ...
off the coast of
County Donegal
County Donegal ( ; ga, Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Donegal in the south of the county. It has also been known as County Tyrconn ...
,
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
. The closest town on the mainland is
Burtonport
or (English name: Burtonport) is a fishing village about northwest of Dungloe in The Rosses district of County Donegal, Ireland. The main employers in the village were the Burtonport Fishermen's Co-op and the ''Bord Iascaigh Mhara
Bord ...
.
Geography
The island is located around one km east of
Arranmore
''Árainn Mhór'' (English name: Arranmore) is an island off the west coast of County Donegal, Ireland. Arranmore is the largest inhabited island of County Donegal, with a population of 469 in 2016, but has had a gradually falling native popula ...
and North-West of
Inishcoo, another small island divided by narrow channels from
Rutland and the
mainland
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. A footbridge connects the two islets, both known for pleasant sandbeaches.
The inner part of Eighter Island is mainly rocky and the most convenient landing sites are in the southern part of it.
History
A small community used to live on Eighter Island in the first part of the 20th century,
but today the island is uninhabited.
Some of the old houses are used as holiday homes, mostly concentrated in the south-eastern part of the island.
See also
*
List of islands of Ireland
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...
References
External links
"Eighter Island Townland, Co. Donegal" at townlands.ie
{{County Donegal
Islands of County Donegal
Townlands of County Donegal
Uninhabited islands of Ireland