Furnace Island

Fornais Furnace Island
Island
Fornais Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°15′18″N9°44′32″W / 53.255075°N 9.742353°W / 53.255075; -9.742353
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Galway
Government
•  Dáil Éireann	Galway West
Population  (2022) [1]
• Total	66
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
As this is a Gaeltacht , Fornais is the only official name. [2]

Furnace Island, or simply Furnace (officially known by its Irish name Fornais), ^[2] is one of the inhabited South Connemara Islands of County Galway, in Ireland. It is connected to the mainland by a bridge to the island Lettermullan.

See also

• Ceantar na nOileán

References

1. Population of Inhabited Islands Off the Coast (Report). Central Statistics Office. 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
2. Placenames (Ceantair Ghaeltachta) Order 2004