Eighter Island
Island in County Donegal, Ireland
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Eighter Island (Irish: An tÍochtar) is a small island and a townland[2] off the coast of County Donegal, Ireland. The closest town on the mainland is Burtonport.
Native name: An tÍochtar[1] | |
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View of the NW end of Eighter Island | |
  Eighter Island | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Atlantic Ocean |
| Coordinates | 54°59′30″N 8°28′27″W |
| Area | 0.24 km2 (0.093 sq mi)[2] |
| Administration | |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | Donegal |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 (2011) |
Geography
The island is located around one km east of Arranmore and North-West of Inishcoo, another small island divided by narrow channels from Rutland and the mainland. A footbridge connects the two islets, both known for pleasant sandbeaches.[3] The inner part of Eighter Island is mainly rocky and the most convenient landing sites are in the southern part of it.[4]
History
A small community used to live on Eighter Island in the first part of the 20th century,[5][6] 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.[4]
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| Source: Central Statistics Office. "CNA17: Population by Off Shore Island, Sex and Year". CSO.ie. Retrieved 12 October 2016. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
