Achillbeg

Achillbeg ( Irish: Acaill Bheag ) is a small island in County Mayo in the province of Connacht in Ireland. It is 150 meters off the southern tip of Achill Iceland and 230 meters southeast of the Irish mainland ( Curraun Peninsula ), and 3.5 km north of Clare Iceland. The name means ' small Achilll '.

The island is 2.3 km long and up to 1.2 km wide, with an area of ​​about one square kilometer. It consists of two hills, which are connected by an isthmus.

In 1965, the permanent settlement, which was located in the middle of Acaill Bheag between two hills in the north and south, abandoned and the inhabitants moved to the mainland and to Achill Iceland has to offer. Today, a number of holiday homes available on the island.

In the south of the island since 1965 is a nine -meter high lighthouse on Clare Iceland marks the entrance to Clew Bay along with the lighthouse Carrickfadda.