Straw Island Lighthouse, Inis Mór

Name: Straw Island Lighthouse
Address: Inis Mór, Ireland

#5 among attractions in Inis Mór

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Straw Island Lighthouse is an active aid to navigation on an islet of the same name in Killeany Bay, northeast of Inishmore in County Galway, Ireland. Completed in 1878, it was the last of four lighthouses built in the 19th century on the Aran Islands. The commissioning of Straw Island marked the culmination of a lengthy 24 year campaign by the local islanders to have a lighthouse for safe passage into Killeany Bay and the harbour at Kilronan. ()

Coordinates: 53°7'39"N, 9°42'8"W

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Inis Mór Ireland

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Straw Island Lighthouse – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dún Aonghasa, Inishmore Lighthouse, Dún Conor, Templesaghtmacree.

2.7 miW
Clifftop prehistoric stone fort
Dún Aonghasa, Inis Mór
68 min walk • Dún Aonghasa is the best-known of several prehistoric hill forts on the Aran Islands of County Galway, Republic of Ireland. It lies on Inis Mór, at the edge of a 100-metre-high cliff.
~20 ftSE
Lighthouse
Inishmore Lighthouse, Inis Mór
1 min walk • The Inishmore or Dún Árann Lighthouse, is a decommissioned lighthouse located on the highest point of Inishmore, the largest of the Aran Islands in County Galway, Ireland.
5.4 miSE
Ruins
Dún Conor, Inis Meáin
138 min walk • Dún Conor is a stone ringfort and National Monument located on Inishmaan, Ireland.
5.5 miSE
Church
Templesaghtmacree, Inis Meáin
142 min walk • Templesaghtmacree is an Early Christian church and National Monument located on Inishmaan, Ireland.
1.7 miS
Archaeological site
Dún Dúchathair, Inis Mór
44 min walk • Dún Dúchathair or simply Dúchathair, meaning "black fort", is a large stone fort on the cliffs at Cill Éinne, Inishmore in County Galway, Ireland. Due to erosion, it now sits on a rocky promontory that stretches out into the sea. On its outer side there are large walls, reaching 6 metres high and 5 metres wide.
~0 ftN
Lighthouse
Inisheer Lighthouse, Inis Mór
1 min walk • The Inisheer, Inis Oírr or Fardurris Point Lighthouse, is an active 19th century lighthouse located on the island of Inisheer, the smallest of the Aran Islands, in County Galway, Ireland.
6 miSE
Archaeological site
Dún Fearbhaí, Inis Meáin
154 min walk • Dún Fearbhaí is a stone ringfort and National Monument located on Inishmaan, Ireland.
~0 ftN
Lighthouse
Eeragh Lighthouse, Inis Mór
1 min walk • Eeragh Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located on Rock Island, one of the Brannock Islands, part of the Aran Islands archipelago in County Galway, Ireland.
2.3 miSE
Church
Teampull Bheanáin, Inis Mór
59 min walk • The oratory Teampall Bheanáin is situated near Kilronan on Inishmore, Aran, Galway Bay, Ireland. A unique example of Celtic church construction. It marks the location of the original monastic settlement founded by Benen, a disciple of St. Patrick, the national saint of Ireland.
5.7 miSE
Archaeological site
Carrownlisheen Wedge Tomb, Inis Meáin
147 min walk • Carrownlisheen Wedge Tomb is a wedge-shaped gallery grave and National Monument located on Inishmaan, Ireland.
1.4 miE
Locality
Kilronan
36 min walk • Cill Rónáin is the main settlement on Inishmore, one of the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland in County Galway. The ferries serving the island call at Doolin, County Clare and also Ros an Mhíl, County Galway.

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Which popular attractions are close to Straw Island Lighthouse?

Nearby attractions include Eeragh Lighthouse, Inis Mór (1 min walk), Inisheer Lighthouse, Inis Mór (1 min walk), Inishmore Lighthouse, Inis Mór (1 min walk).