Islands of Ireland: The opulent Bradock Island with links to the Titanic

Bradock Island, Strangford Lough, Co Down. Picture: Dan MacCarthy

The huge arc of the Ards Peninsula in Co Down almost encloses the 26km long Strangford Lough. This lough and its many islands has been sorely neglected by this column so here begins the atonement. 

A bottleneck known as the Narrows allows the sea to flow in past the opposing towns of Strangford and Portaferry in waters that are notorious for their huge bores that drive up through the straitened landscape. Further north, a kayaker’s paradise awaits in much calmer circumstances.