Inishtrahull Island
Inishtrahull (Irish: Inis Trá Tholl, meaning "island of the hollow/empty beach") is located approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north-east of Malin Head, Inishowen, County Donegal, Ireland. It is the most northerly island of Ireland. The most northerly landfall of Ireland, the Tor Beg rock is located another one kilometer to the North West of Inishtrahull. Inishtrahull has an area of 0.34 square kilometres (0.13 sq mi).
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“When the inhabitants of some sequestered island first descry the “big canoe” of the European rolling through the blue waters towards their shores, they rush down to the beach in crowds, and with open arms stand ready to embrace the strangers. Fatal embrace! They fold to their bosoms the vipers whose sting is destined to poison all their joys; and the instinctive feeling of love within their breasts is soon converted into the bitterest hate.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)