Furnace Island
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Fornais
Furnace Island | |
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Island | |
Coordinates: 53°15′18″N 9°44′32″W / 53.255075°N 9.742353°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Connacht |
County | County Galway |
Government | |
• Dáil Éireann | Galway West |
Population (2022)[1] | 66 |
Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
As this is a Gaeltacht, Fornais is the only official name.[2] |
Furnace Island, or simply Furnace (officially known by its Irish name Fornais),[2] is one of the inhabited South Connemara Islands of County Galway, in Ireland. It is connected to the mainland by a bridge to the island Lettermullan.
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References and further reading
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References
- ^ Population of Inhabited Islands Off the Coast (Report). Central Statistics Office. 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ a b Placenames (Ceantair Ghaeltachta) Order 2004
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