Clare Island

Clare Iceland (Irish Cliara or Oileán Chliara ) is an island off the west coast of County Mayo in Ireland. It is located at the entrance of Clew Bay and is adjacent to Achill Iceland and Inishturk the largest ( 16.4 km ²) inhabited island. She is also the island with the highest elevation ( 461 meters) and the steepest cliffs in the Bay and is located approximately 3.5 miles from the nearest mainland port. There are still living 168 people on the small island (as of 2011 ). Half of his once more than 1500 residents lost Clare during the great famine from 1845.

On Clare are the international center for research and island are the ruins of the Cistercian abbey Iceland Clare Abbey from the 14th century. The lighthouse of the island was temporarily a hotel and is now privately owned. In Lecarrow a Court tomb and several dozens of Ancient cooking places is. There are several Promontory Forts ( Strake ) and menhirs.

At the island is only an irregular ferry. The ferry " Pirate Queen " is one of the O'Grady family and is named after Grace O'Malley ( Granuaile or Grainneuaile ), the pirate queen of the 16th century. She lived in a Castle at the port of Clare.

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Clare Iceland