Islands of Ireland: Are ye right there for a trip to Illaunaclaggin, are ye right?

The West Clare Railway might have had notorious timetable issues — but the ducks, geese, swans, and other birds have no problem getting onto or off this island

Islands of Ireland: Illaunaclaggin, County Clare. Dan MacCarthy Outdoors

The Poulnasherry Bay area in County Clare is a place immortalised by the composer Percy French in his send-up of the West Clare Railway more than 100 years ago but there is much more to its appeal besides transportation history and the art of satire.

Of the quintet of islands in this lovely bay, Illaunaclaggin is the largest and is different to the others by sporting a thick mane of marram grass.