Island 414 - Barranagh Island (Oileán Bearanach), County Mayo

Barranagh Island (Oileán Bearanach in Irish) is located in Blacksod Bay, about half way down the east side of the Mullet Peninsula in the north west of County Mayo.  It is a low lying uninhabited tidal island and is approximately half a mile from east to west by 500 metres from north to south and the highest point is only 7 metres above sea level.  It is joined to the mainland at low tide by a shingle tombolo. 

The island is obviously sometimes used for grazing animals but I didn't see any farm animals when I visited on an overcast morning in mid May 2018.  There weren't many wild flowers in evidence but there was some sea mayweed in flower.

Looking north across the shingle tombolo towards the mainland

 

 

Bath filled with some unappetising water!

 

Start of the grazing land

 

Drainage Ditch

 

Abandoned farm machinery

 

Looking south