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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 / 54.214; -9.163
Area	1.934 km2 (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 12 October 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

External links

• Bartragh Island entry on Mapcarta

Media related to Bartragh Island at Wikimedia Commons

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