Wednesday, 25 July 2018

Island 427 - Roeillaun, County Galway

Roeillaun is a small round uninhabited tidal island located to the north west of the tidal island of Gooreen and two miles north west of the village of Cleggan in County Galway.  It is about 200 metres in diameter.

There is evidence of peat cutting in the past on the island and some rabbit holes, although I didn't see any rabbits.  There were a few cow pats on the island, so it is obviously occasionally visited by roaming cattle, although there were none on the island when I was there.

I identified the following plants growing on Roeillaun: primroses, bracken, cotton grass, tormentil, heather, silverweed, sandwort, thrift, daisies, buttercups, bird's-foot trefoil and celandines.

Peat bank
 
Inishbofin from Roeillaun
 
Looking south west towards the mainland
 
Primroses and celandines on Roeillaun
Looking west towards Dog Island
 
Looking north west towards Roeillaun

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