Mweenish Island — a lovely island for a stroll if you're sure of the tides

And check out Glasheen Island and the large Tawin Island here in Galway

Mweenish Island, County Galway.... near Island Eddy. Picture: Dan MacCarthy

Most of County Galway’s myriad islands lie west of the city in the heart of Connemara. The island-studded Kilkieran Bay has many, as has Roundstone Bay. However, there are others that lie to the south of the county, down as far as Kinvara, and some are of significant size. Recently we had a look at the adorable Island Eddy [link below] and its neighbour Fiddaun Island, sometime home to the rare Forster’s tern.

This entire area of Galway Bay has had a very changeable past with islands being broken up and reformed over the aeons. Geographic loyalties count for nothing as being part of one island for a long time means nothing if the great forces of nature decide to destroy and rebuild.