Island 397 - Carraig a' Ghóilín, County Donegal

Carraig a' Ghóilín or possibly Carraig on Ghóilín is a small tidal island in the middle of the causeway that links Island Roy to the mainland of County Donegal to the north of the small town of Carrickart on the Rosguill Peninsula.  I visited it in September 2015 but at that time thought that it was unnamed, so didn't count it.  I have since learnt that it does have a name, so I have now decided to include it.  This island is about 100 metres long by 25 metres wide and is covered in rough grass with a few nettles brambles and dock plants.  Scabious, ragwort, dandelions and sea mayweed were in  flower when I visited in September 2017.

Scabious in flower

 

Life belt - looking east towards Island Roy

 

Mainland Donegal from Carraig a' Ghóilín,

 

 

Island Roy from Carraig a' Ghóilín,