White Goat Island
Native name: <span class="nickname" ">Oileán a Ghabhair ghil | |
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![]() ![]() White Goat | |
Geography | |
Location | Lough Corrib |
Coordinates | 53°30′20″N 9°26′23″W / 53.505675°N 9.439607°WCoordinates: 53°30′20″N 9°26′23″W / 53.505675°N 9.439607°W |
Administration | |
Province | Connacht |
County | Galway |
White Goat Island, or Oileán a Ghabhair ghil (Gaelic; "Island of the white goat"), is a small island off the north shore of Lough Corrib, close to Cornamona, in County Galway, Ireland. The three acre island was named after the prominent quartzite rock found on the south-west shore of the island.
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