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Tory Island
Toraigh
Tory Island | |
|---|---|
Island | |
 Aerial view of Tory Island | |
  Toraigh Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 55°15′45″N 8°13′00″W / 55.2626°N 8.2168°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | County Donegal |
| Government | |
| • Dáil Éireann | Donegal |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.5816 km2 (1.3829 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 141 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Area code(s) | 074, +353 74 |
| Irish Grid Reference | B853466 |
| Website | toryisland |
| As this is a Gaeltacht, Toraigh is the only official name.[3] | |
Tory Island, or simply Tory, is an island 14.5 kilometres (7+3⁄4 nautical miles) off the north-west coast of County Donegal in the north-west of Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. It is officially known by its Irish name Toraigh,[3] which, although spelled thus, is pronounced the same as the English version. It is the most remote inhabited island of Ireland.[4] The name toraigh means "place of steep rocky heights".[3]
- ^ "Off on the waves of Tory". The Irish Times.
- ^ Population of Inhabited Islands Off the Coast (Report). Central Statistics Office. 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ a b c Toraigh/Tory Island. Placenames Database of Ireland.
- ^ Walsh, David (2014). Oileáin. Pesda Press. p. 272. ISBN 978-1-906095-37-6.
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