Official Name: | Fornais |
Other Name: | Furnace Island |
Settlement Type: | Island |
Pushpin Map: | Ireland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ireland |
Coordinates: | 53.2551°N -9.7424°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ireland |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Connacht |
Subdivision Name3: | County Galway |
Leader Title1: | Dáil Éireann |
Leader Name1: | Galway West |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population: | 66 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | WET |
Utc Offset1: | +0 |
Timezone1 Dst: | IST (WEST) |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | -1 |
Footnotes: | As this is a Gaeltacht, Fornais is the only official name. |
Blank Name: | Irish Grid Reference |
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.