Bartragh Island

Bartragh Island (Irish: An Bheartrach)[2] is a sandy island and a townland located in Killala Bay, County Mayo, Ireland.

Bartragh Island

Native name: An Bheartrach
Bartragh island from Bartragh Head
Bartragh Island Bartragh Island (Ireland)
Geography
Location	Killala Bay
Coordinates	54.214°N 9.163°W
Area	1.934 km^2 (0.747 sq mi)[1]
Administration
Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	Mayo

Geography

The island is around 0.75 square miles (1.9 square kilometres) in area.[1] It's located around a mile from the shore[3] and, with low tide, can be reached on foot.[4]

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1841 28 —     1851 16 −42.9% 1861 7 −56.2% 1871 20 +185.7% 1881 22 +10.0% 1891 2 −90.9% 1901 6 +200.0% 1911 4 −33.3%	Year Pop. ±% 1926 3 −25.0% 1936 0 −100.0% 1946 2 —     1951 3 +50.0% 1956 0 −100.0% 1961 0 0.00% 1966 0 0.00% 1971 0 0.00%	Year Pop. ±% 1979 0 0.00% 1981 0 0.00% 1986 0 0.00% 1991 0 0.00% 1996 0 0.00% 2002 0 0.00% 2006 0 0.00%
Source: Central Statistics Office. "CNA17: Population by Off Shore Island, Sex and Year". CSO.ie. Retrieved October 12, 2016.

Relevant places

Bartragh belonged to Nick Faldo, an English golf champion who planned to build a private golf course on it.[5]

Nature

Bartragh island is a birdwatching site, well known for great skuas.[6]

See also

• List of islands of Ireland

References

1. "Bartragh Island Townland, Co. Mayo". www.townlands.ie. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
2. "An Bheartrach". Placenames Database of Ireland. Dublin City University. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
3. Fraser, James (1844). Hand-book for Ireland. pp. 474–475. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
4. Ritsema, Alex (1999). Discover the Islands of Ireland. Collins Press. p. 71.
5. Lehane, Brendan (2001). The Companion Guide to Ireland. Companion Guides. p. 351. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
6. Birdwatch. Solo Publishing. 1993. p. 41. Retrieved December 15, 2015.

External links

• Bartragh Island entry on Mapcarta

Media related to Bartragh Island at Wikimedia Commons