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Place: Mweenish Island

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<p>Islands of Ireland: Casadh Na Taoide — an epic cultural journey connecting five offshore islands and which goes past Wherroon Island. Picture: Michael McLaughlin</p>

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Islands of Ireland: Wherroon Island — rough reefs and a drowning tragedy
Despite a high tide completely covering this island, people went here to gather seaweed, but rough seas prevented locals from collecting the women working here and they were drowned
<p>Mweenish Island, County Galway.... near Island Eddy. Picture: Dan MacCarthy</p>

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Mweenish Island — a lovely island for a stroll if you're sure of the tides
<p>Mweenish Island lies due south of the County Galway village of Carna and between Bertraghboy Bay and Kilkieran Bay.</p>

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Islands of Ireland: Granite shores, sandy beaches and blue skies at Mweenish 

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