White Goat Island Explained

White Goat
Native Name:Oileán a' Ghabhair Ghil
Native Name Link:Irish language
Map:Island of Ireland
Location:Lough Corrib
Country:Ireland
Country Admin Divisions Title:Province
Country Admin Divisions:Connacht
Country Admin Divisions Title 1:County
Country Admin Divisions 1:Galway

White Goat Island (Irish: Oileán a' Ghabhair Ghil, "Island of the White Goat") is a small island off the north shore of Lough Corrib, close to Cornamona, in County Galway, Ireland. The three acre island was named after the prominent quartzite rock found on the south-west shore of the island.

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