List of islands of Ireland

This is a list of the principal islands off the coast of Ireland. The mainland of Ireland is itself an island, west of the island of Great Britain, and northwest of the mainland of Europe.

=Coastal islands=

Off the coast of the mainland, and proceeding clockwise from the Irish Sea:

Irish Sea

* Copeland Islands
* off Skerries, Dublin
** Rockabill
** Saint Patrick's Island
** Colt Island
** Shenick Island
* Lambay Island
* Ireland's Eye
* Bull Island
* Dalkey Island
* Tuskar Rock

Celtic Sea

* Saltee Islands
*in Cork Harbour:
** Great Island
** Fota Island
** Spike Island
* Sherkin Island
* Clear Island
* Fastnet Rock — southernmost point in Ireland

Southwest Coast

*Bere Island
*Garinish Island
*Dursey Island
*Bull Rock
*Scariff Island
*Deenish Island
*Skellig Islands
**Skellig Michael
**Little Skellig
*Puffin Island
*Valentia Island
*Blasket Islands
**Great Blasket Island
**Beginish
**Inishnabro
**Inishvickillane
**Inishtooskert
**Tearaght Island — westernmost point in Ireland
*Magharee Islands

West Coast

Co. Clare:
*Inishmore (or Deer) Island

Co. Galway:
*Aran Islands
**Inisheer
**Inishmaan
**Inishmore
*Aughinish
*Omey Island
*Inishark
*Inishbofin
*Inishturk
*Clare Island
*Clew Bay islands
**Collanmore Island
*Achill Island — Ireland's largest island
*Achillbeg
*Inishbiggle
*Inishkea South
*Inishkea North
*Stags of Broadhaven
*Pig Island
*Illanmaster

Northwest Coast

*Inishmurray, County Sligo
*Rathlin O'Birne Island, County Donegal
*Roaninish, County Donegal
*Arranmore, County Donegal — this is not one of the Aran Islands
*Tory Island
*Inishbofin, County Donegal

North Channel

*Rathlin Island — largest island of Northern Ireland
*Canon Rock — easternmost point in Ireland

=Inland islands=

Lake islands

*In Lough Leane:
**Innisfallen Island
**and others
*In Lough Gill:
**The Lake Isle of Inisfree
**21 others
*In Lower Lough Erne:
**Ardy More
**Buck Island
**Car Island
**Cleenishmeen Island
**Coughran's Island
**Crevinishaughy Island
**Cruninish Island
**Derryinch
**Devenish Island
**Ferny Island
**Gall Island
**Goat Island
**Gravelly Island
**Horse Island
**Inish Beg
**Inish Conra
**Inish Davar
**Inish Divann
**Inish Doney
**Inish Fovar
**Inish Free
**Inish Lougher
**Inishmacsaint
**Inish More
**Inishmakill
**Kinnausy Island
**Leftus Island
**Long Island
**Lustybeg Island
**Lustymore Island
**Owl Island
**Paris Island Big
**Rabbit Island
**Rosscor Island
**Rough Island
**Trasna Island
**White Island
*In Upper Lough Erne:
**Bleanish Island
**Corratistune
**Dernish Island
**Inishcorkish
**Inishleague
**Inishlirroo
**Inishlught
**Killygowan Island
**Naart Island
**Shanaghy
**Tonregee Island
**Traanish

River islands

*In River Shannon:
**King's Island in Limerick City.

=See also=
*List of the British Isles
*List of islands in the Atlantic Ocean
*:Category:Islands of Ireland

=External references=Oileáin information on Irish islands