Islands of Ireland: Fiddaun Island is strictly for the birds

The Forster's Tern is a visitor to this island. And it's possible to walk here at spring tides

Islands of Ireland: Forster's Tern is a visitor to Fiddaun Island, County Galway

Many of the islands in this series have had distinguished visitors. George Bernard Shaw used to spend part of the summer enjoying the gardens of Garinish Island, County Cork; Inishmaan, County Galway, is forever connected to JM Synge who used to live there; and German novelist Heinrich Boll sojourned on Hare Island on the River Shannon.

Were you to take a sea voyage in County Galway from Kinvara to Clarinbridge you would find the inconspicuous Fiddaun about half way along, lying north of Doorus Point. It is a neighbour of the stunningly beautiful Island Eddy which lies to its north about 1km away. At spring tides it is possible to walk to both islands from the narrow peninsula which extends into the sea from Killeenaran Pier.