Islands of Ireland: Storm-lashed, gloriously beautiful Inishdegil More

This 32-acre Mayo island has a peak which is 32 metres high

Islands of Ireland: Inishdegil More is a beachcomber's paradise

The seaboard side of Connaught’s highest mountain is a wild and forbidding place. With the mammoth flank of Mweelrea at 814m hulking above the coastline there is room enough only for a few fields between the road and the sea. A winding road brings you past a few houses and a church to the magnificent Silver Strand.

As well as the latter, White Beach adds its own intangible vista to the picture. To call this place gloriously beautiful is an unforgivable understatement.