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  • ...lands in the marsh, many bearing names ending ''-ey'' or ''-oy'', meaning "island".
    42 KB (6,548 words) - 10:39, 3 November 2016
  • In 1724-1726 in his ''A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain'', Daniel Defoe wrote of a Staffordshire still almost whol
    14 KB (2,054 words) - 17:49, 3 July 2022
  • ...ff Cork including Bere Island, Great Island, Sherkin Island and Cape Clear Island. Cork has 684 miles of coastline, the second longest coastline of any count ...rare birds, with Cape Clear being a prime location for bird watching. The island is also home to one of only a few Gannet colonies around the British Isles.
    16 KB (2,470 words) - 11:44, 6 October 2016
  • ...haneely, centred on the town of Falcarragh. The most northerly part of the island of Ireland is the location for three peninsulas of outstanding natural beau ...sea cliffs in Europe, while Malin Head is the most northerly point on the island of Ireland.
    16 KB (2,307 words) - 09:27, 19 December 2017
  • Following the Norman invasion, the island of Ireland was divided into thirty-two counties. The [[Republic of Ireland]
    47 KB (6,906 words) - 10:14, 16 February 2019
  • ...of the 32 counties by area and the smallest by population on [[Ireland|the island]].<ref>{{cite book| first=Eoghan| last=Corry| title=The GAA Book of Lists|
    10 KB (1,389 words) - 12:27, 7 August 2015
  • ...kings in the 9th century brought about the establishment of the city on an island on the [[River Shannon]] in 922. The death of Domnall Mór Ua Briain, King
    16 KB (2,356 words) - 16:24, 31 January 2018
  • |island=Islay
    1 KB (190 words) - 13:27, 2 March 2022
  • ...to transport the ore. It is currently the fourth largest settlement on the island with 3,438 inhabitants.
    3 KB (526 words) - 20:24, 20 February 2016
  • The Royal Borough of '''Beaumaris''' is the [[county town]] of the island of [[Anglesey]] and is located in the commote of [[Dindaethwy]] on the shor
    6 KB (1,012 words) - 10:25, 16 February 2019
  • ...m as '''Llanfairpwllgwyngyll''' or '''Llanfair PG''', is a village on the island of [[Anglesey]]. ...g the most common occupations for much of the village's early history. The island of [[Anglesey]] was at that point only reachable by boat across the [[Menai
    7 KB (1,007 words) - 09:04, 7 May 2012
  • ...ists. It is the second largest town in the county (and the largest on the island of Anglesey itself) - the county's largest town, [[Holyhead]], is a port to The town lies at the centre of the island on the [[River Cefni]], after which it is named, and is home to the Oriel Y
    2 KB (358 words) - 10:38, 27 August 2013
  • ...ned to hold a population of 3 million, or half the total population of the island of Ireland. ...res of reclaimed land next to Belfast Harbour, formerly known as ''Queen's Island''. It is named after the RMS Titanic, built here in 1912 and work has begun
    21 KB (3,245 words) - 15:45, 26 December 2019
  • | island = Holy Island | picture=Holyhead Harbour, Holy Island - geograph.org.uk - 17303.jpg
    4 KB (702 words) - 14:45, 17 July 2023
  • ...was once an island surrounded by marshes. It occupied the second largest "island" in the Great Level. As the land drained, the town grew and prospered as a
    2 KB (373 words) - 12:43, 19 April 2018
  • ...a hill amidst the level fenland and before the fens were drained it was an island amidst the fen waters. Ely Cathedral stands atop the hill dominating the h ...until the 18th century, when the fens were drained and Ely ceased to be an island.
    4 KB (710 words) - 10:39, 30 March 2016
  • [[File:Davaar_Island.jpg|thumb|right|[[Davaar Island]] at the mouth of Campbeltown Loch]]
    4 KB (521 words) - 19:54, 17 May 2016
  • ...[[Kerrera]], and beyond Kerrera is [[Mull]]. To the north is the long low island of [[Lismore]], and the mountains of [[Morvern]] and [[Ardgour]].
    4 KB (528 words) - 21:40, 29 August 2016
  • |island=Mull| population =700 ...in the [[Inner Hebrides]]. It is located in the north-eastern part of the island, near the northern entrance of the Sound of Mull. With a current population
    2 KB (231 words) - 18:39, 22 October 2013
  • ...land Islands]]. It stands on the south shore of [[Stanley Harbour]] on the island of [[East Falkland]]. ...ships to Stanley Harbour, and the ship repair industry helped to drive the island economy. Later it became a base for whaling and sealing in the South Atlant
    11 KB (1,786 words) - 19:04, 29 June 2022

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