A 90-degree vertiginous cliff above, and a disappearing ground below, is no place to contemplate the nature of landscape and what actually constitutes an island. Actually I lie.

High Island lies about 2km off Squince Harbour which is about halfway between the lengthy inlets of Glandore Harbour and Castlehaven Harbour in West Cork.

The subject of what constitutes an island cropped on this page a few week’s ago in reference to the minute Flea Island in West Cork.