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Walsh Island

Ireland geography stubsTowns and villages in County OffalyUse Hiberno-English from May 2020
Entrance to Walsh Island, Co. Offaly geograph.org.uk 1390463
Entrance to Walsh Island, Co. Offaly geograph.org.uk 1390463

Walsh Island or Walshisland (Irish: Inis na mBreatnach) is a village in County Offaly, Ireland. It takes its name from the surrounding hinterland which is a fertile area of land on a hill (104m) located in an area of bogland known as the Bog of Allen, (hence, "island"). The village is one kilometre west of the R400 regional road which runs through the bog below. Walsh Island is 12 km from the nearest town, Portarlington. As of the 2016 census, the village had a population of 443 people.

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N 53.2307 ° E -7.2228 °
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R35 XW10 (Raheenakeeran ED)
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Entrance to Walsh Island, Co. Offaly geograph.org.uk 1390463
Entrance to Walsh Island, Co. Offaly geograph.org.uk 1390463
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