White Goat Island

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White Goat
Native name:
Oileán a' Ghabhair Ghil
White Goat is located in island of Ireland
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Geography
LocationLough Corrib
Coordinates53°30′20″N 9°26′23″W / 53.505675°N 9.439607°W / 53.505675; -9.439607
Administration
ProvinceConnacht
CountyGalway

White Goat Island (Irish: Oileán a' Ghabhair Ghil, "Island of the White Goat") is a small island off the north shore of Lough Corrib, close to Cornamona, in County Galway, Ireland. The three acre island was named after the prominent quartzite rock found on the south-west shore of the island.

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