Inishtrahull
Inis Trá Tholl | |
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Island | |
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  Inishtrahull Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 55°25′48″N 7°14′02″W / 55.430019°N 7.23381°W | |
| Sovereign state | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | County Donegal |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.34 km2 (0.13 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 49 m (161 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 0 |
| • Density | 0.0/km2 (0.0/sq mi) |
| Irish Grid Reference | C439548 |
Inishtrahull (Irish: Inis Trá Tholl,[1] possibly "island of the empty beach" or "island of the yonder beach")[2] is the most northerly island of Ireland. It has an area of 34 hectares (84 acres)[3] and lies about ten kilometres (five nautical miles) northeast of Malin Head, County Donegal, and just over fifty kilometres (twenty-seven nautical miles) southwest of the island of Orsay, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The most northerly landfall of Ireland, the Tor Beg rock, is another kilometre to the north.[4] Inishtrahull is home to Ireland's northernmost lighthouse. The island had a resident community until 1929 and the lighthouse was staffed until 1987. Today it is uninhabited and has been designated a protected area due to its wildlife.
- ^ "Inis Trá Tholl/Inishtrahull". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ Greenwood, Margaret. The Rough Guide to Ireland. Rough Guides, 2003. p.611
- ^ Per Ivar Haug, Gazetteer of Ireland, Trondheim University 2007. Archived 19 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Ireland - Geographical facts and figures". Travel through the Ireland story... Retrieved 15 September 2007.