Achill is the largest island off the Irish coast. It is approached by bridge across the sound and you should see it on any tours of Ireland. It is shaped like an inverted “L” and is fifteen miles in length. Its widest point is twelve miles. For the...
Ireland’s largest island, 22km long and 19km wide, is reached by a road bridge that can be raised for boats to pass through. Achill offers the more intrepid visitor moorland, mountains, rugged cliffs and beautiful long beaches, and is a very popular spot for angling and...
The roadless island of Canna is a moorland plateau of black basalt rock, just 5 miles long and 1.25 miles wide. Compass Hill (143m), at the north-eastern corner, contains enough magnetite (an iron oxide material) to deflect the navigation compasses in passing yachts. The ferry arrives...