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	Clare Island, Co Mayo, Ireland. Information for visitors to the island
		Clare Island lies off the west coast of Ireland at at the entrance to Clew Bay.
		The island's complex history can be read through its landscape: from archaeological remains of the Neolithic and Bronze age, to rare medieval wall-paintings in the 14th century abbey, to the 'pirate queen' Grace O'Malley's (Grainneuaile) castle and burial place.
		The island population is now around 130, yet everywhere there are traces of past generations, most significantly the 19th century population explosion and subsequent famine when the island's population of 1600 was reduced by half.
	www.clareisland.info (232 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Clare Island
		Clare Island was the stronghold of this remarkable 16th century O’ Malley clan chieftain who lived by her family trade of piracy and plunder.
		The lighthouse is a distinctive landmark on Clare Island.
		Clare island possesses one of the most diverse geologies in all of Europe and incidentally is the location of Ireland’s oldest fossil.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Clare-Island (738 words)

	IMH News: Achill Island Field Report 8: Archaeological Tour of Clare Island, 25 June 2006
		Clare Island has long been recognized for its diverse plant and animal species, geological features, and archaeological sites, and was the site of a major series of scientific studies in the early 20th century.
		Clare Island and the 16th century tower house that dominates the harbor are always associated with the great maritime clan of O’Malley (Ui Mhaille), and especially the famous “pirate queen” Grace O’Malley, known in the Irish annals as Granuaile (pronounced "Gran-yah-whale").
		On the horizon to the southwest is the island of Inishturk.
	www.maritimehistory.org /blog/archives/2006/07/achill_island_f_7.html (1711 words)

	The Clare Island Ferry Company
		Clare Island was the stronghold of this remarkable 16th century O’ Malley clan chieftain who lived by her family trade of piracy and plunder.
		The lighthouse is a distinctive landmark on Clare Island.
		Clare island possesses one of the most diverse geologies in all of Europe and incidentally is the location of Ireland’s oldest fossil.
	www.clareislandferry.com /pages/clare_island.html (762 words)

	The Clare Island Ferry Company
		She lived in a castle by the harbour on Clare Island during the course of her life as a “ chief commander and director of thieves and murderers at sea”.
		, which is the largest and most modern ferry operating to Clare Island, is registered with the Department of the Marine and Failte Ireland and has a certificate for 96 passengers and 4 crew members.
		This boat may be chartered for small groups for sightseeing trips around Clare Island or trips to other islands such as Inishturk or Achill.
	www.clareislandferry.com (269 words)

	House for sale - The Clare Island Lighthouse,, Clare Island, Co. Mayo. - Primelocation
		Clare Island Lighthouse is a truly unique property, situated off the west coast of Ireland perched on top of a cliff with panoramic views over the Atlantic Ocean, Achill Island and back towards the rolling landscape of Clare Island.
		It is known as the green pearl of the west coast and is the largest of the 365 islands in Clew Bay.
		Clare Island is linked with the mainland by two ferry operators: and.
	www.primelocation.com /international-property/browse/all/sales/ireland/GWDU999000184 (576 words)

	Clare Island - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Clare Island c.6 sq mi (15 sq km), Co. Mayo, W Republic of Ireland, at the entrance to Clew Bay.
		Clare Rose to Build New Distribution Center on Long Island, an Advisory from Industrialinfo.com.
		A pair of distinctive chairs from Newport, Rhode Island.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-ClareIsl.html (551 words)

	Yoga retreat centre on Clare Island, Co Mayo, Ireland
		The Clare Island Yoga Retreat Centre, began unexpectedly when, in 2001, we had the crazy idea of doing an Easter yoga retreat on the island where we had been living (Ciara on and off for nearly twenty years, Christophe for two years).
		Islands are special places, and this one in particular, lends itself as a unique setting for both exploration and introspection---movement both outward and inward.
		Clare Island is an island off an island off and island, on the edge of Europe.
	www.yogaretreats.ie /centre.htm (490 words)

	clare island official web site, green pearl west coast mayo ireland
		Clare Island, a paradise of historical, geographical, geological and spiritual wonders.
		Anchored in the peaceful harbour of Clew Bay, Clare Island's earth and rock has protected the inner islands of West Mayo from the Atlantic Swells for millions of years.
		There are countless islands surrounding the coast of Ireland, but none so rich in culture, geological and geographical diversity as Clare Island.
	www.clareisland.org (189 words)

	Island Walks \| SIGNPOST TOURS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Clare Island, with its rugged, mountainous sea cliffs, storied past, and miles of stunning beaches, is one of our favorite walking destinations.
		Ireland’s largest offshore island is connected to the mainland by a bridge and is dominated by three imposing mountains.
		Access to the island is by means of a causeway, so access is dependent on tides.
	www.signposttours.com /island_walks (206 words)

	Clare Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Clare Island's lazy beds are, indeed, special, surviving even the overgrazing that has threatened to strip parts of its great hill to the bare rock.
		On Clare Island, says Mac Cárthaigh, "wide spade ridges are still preferred for potato growing'' and fl sea wrack as fertiliser is still used to a limited extent''.
		This is certainly a book to enrich one's understanding of the history, both of Clare Island and of the Connasht coast in general.
	irishislands.info /clare.html (1012 words)

	GROW BIOINTENSIVE 2005 Highlights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		While others on the island weave tidbits of the ways their fathers taught them into their conventional methods, Bernie is definitely the only one on Clare Island, and perhaps on all the west coast, still farming entirely by the traditional methods.
		Clare Island is a small island, roughly 3 miles square, but among the largest of this "365"-island archipelago of Clew Bay, northwest Ireland.
		On Clare Island, this wall created a commonage where sheep and cows were allowed to graze.
	www.growbiointensive.org /newsletter/nov2005/international.htm (2009 words)

	Squirrel Island
		Janet Danforth started what will hopefully become an island tradition, an event titled "A Dance for the Ages!" Janet invited islanders and their children to the Town Hall this past Saturday, July 15, for a collective lesson in classic American dance moves that every generation could appreciate.
		Clare Newbury has also made a very beneficial contribution to SIHS, the "2006 Squirrel Island Genealogy." The book, on sale in the Post Office, is an updated version of Clare's 1996 island genealogy, and includes many new families.
		All families with four or more generations were invited to send their family trees to Clare for inclusion in the book.
	boothbayregister.maine.com /2006-07-20/squirrel_island.html (666 words)

	Clare Island Yoga Retreat
		The Clare Island Co Operative and new community centre, through which you can find out how life is organised on the island, what the different sources of employment are, and how refuse is processed.
		The Clare Island Yoga Retreat has been welcoming pilgrims since 2001, drawn by the natural beauty of the windswept (and often rainswept) landscape and inherently stress-free island life.
		Clare Island Yoga also requires a completed booking form, which is provided by them, along with a 25% deposit.
	www.i-escape.com /hotel_print.php?hotel_key=IR001 (2466 words)

	Marine Harvest is the world’s leading fish farming company - Clare Island Organic Salmon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Marine Harvest farms Irish organic salmon in the lee of Clare Island, which is six kilometres off the coast of County Mayo in the west of Ireland.
		Clare Island Organic Salmon are nourished with a balanced diet containing only organic and natural ingredients and that is free of genetically modified organisms.
		Clare Island Sea Farm uses large cages that give the salmon generous room to follow their natural shoaling behaviour, in line with organic farming concepts.
	www.marineharvest.com /related-items/clare-island-organic-salmon.html (327 words)

	Clare Island - Mayo - Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Clare Island sits at the mouth of Clew Bay, which is dotted with small islands –365 of them.
		Clare is the largest, and home to about 150 people who enjoy beautiful views of Connemara and Achill Island across the bay.
		The island is a perfect place for cycling, fishing and bird and wildlife observation.
	www.chooseireland.com /mayo/clare-island.html (125 words)

	Clare Island
		Her maternal grandparents, "Big Martin" O'Malley and Anne Moran, came from Clare Island; when I visited one of my mother's three surviving second cousins, Michael Joe O'Malley, in 1973, the stone ruins of a house in which Martin and Anne and some of their 13 children lived still stood in Ballytoohy, the island's northern townland.
		With other islanders, she has also founded the Centre for Island Studies, which played a part in convincing the Royal Irish Academy to carry out a reprise of its historic 1911 multidisciplinary scientific study of the island.
		The island is in a part of Ireland that had much of its life scoured away by the Great Famine that began in 1845 and which was followed by an unbroken 150 years of emigration.
	www.well.com /user/brekke/clare.html (673 words)

	Ireland Islands
		Like Scotland, the sister island of Ireland has broken and rugged coasts on the west; but unlike Scotland, she has few islands, and none of any size or importance.
		The people on the island are engaged in fishing.
		It was the starting-point of the first telegraph cable that passed under the Atlantic from the British Islands to America.
	www.travelinireland.com /ireland_geography/islands/ireland_islands.htm (308 words)

	Welcome to Ireland West-About Ireland West (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Clare Island is a charming island of 16 sq.
		Clare Island is synonymous with Grace O'Malley, the formidable ruler of the district around Clew Bay during the second half of the 16th century.
		Between 1909 and 1911, Robert Lloyd Praeger (1865-1953) and a group of specialists carried out one of the largest and most comprehensive natural history surveys ever undertaken on Clare Island and the results were published by The Royal Irish Academy.
	www.irelandwest.ie /content.asp?id=127 (348 words)

	Western People: Clare Island men win record third All-Islands Final
		Clare Island, having won the inaugural All-Island Tournament in 1998, and having won their second in 2003 added another to their tally on Sunday week last, making them the island that has won the Comhdhail Oileain na hEireann Cup for the most times.
		With over 250 followers and players from the other seven islands it is now not only a sporting event but a social occasion between the different islands as well as a very welcome tourism bonus at the end of the short season for the host island.
		Clare Island 1-3 Inis Mor 1-2; Clare Island 0-5 Bere Island 0-1; Bere Island 0-0 Inis Mor 1- 4.
	www.westernpeople.com /news/story.asp?j=27524 (873 words)

	Search Results for "Clare"
		Clare, Saint, 1193?-1253, Italian nun of Assisi, devoted from her youth to St. Francis, to whom she took a vow of poverty.
		Clare, Richard de, see Pembroke, Richard de Clare, 2d earl of....
		Clare, John Fitzgibbon, 1st earl of, 1749-1802, Irish statesman.
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=col65&query=Clare (286 words)

	news Page CFM
		This is an island living in the past with a population of 140 and just a few stranded cars, (the small ferries don’t transport autos).
		On this island surrounded by the swirling Atlantic, with the intermittent sound of seagulls, where the winters are rugged and summers unpredictable, one feels released and far from the noise and clamor of a restless world.
		Clare Island’s festivals range from Irish poets gathering to discuss the ongoing wealth of Ireland’s poetry, to the renowned Match Making Festival in September where singles from Ireland and beyond come to the island to find their “soul mate.”
	www.washingtoninternational.com /cf/news.cfm?showpage=319 (2626 words)

	Clare Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Clare Island (Oileán Chliara in Irish) is a mountainous island guarding the entrance to Clew Bay in County Mayo, Ireland.
		Between 1909 and 1911, the Belfast naturalist Robert Lloyd Praeger led an exhaustive biological survey of the island, which was unprecedented at the time and served as a template for future studies.
		Clare Island is accessible by daily ferry services from Roonagh Pier near Louisburgh.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clare_Island (362 words)

	Clare Island Yoga Retreat, Clare Island, Clare Island, Ireland
		Clare Island Yoga Retreat, Clare Island, Clare Island, Ireland
		An ashtanga yoga retreat on the secluded and wild Clare Island, on the edge of the Atlantic ocean
		The dramatic scenery and invigorating sea air make a retreat on Clare Island an unforgettable experience, for the hillwalking alone.
	www.i-escape.com /clareislandyogaretreat.php (336 words)

	Western People: Only hotel on Clare Island is closed by blaze
		The alarm was raised on the island shortly after midday on Wednesday causing locals to rush to the hotel, which was enjoying its busiest time with tourists flocking to the home of Grainne Uaile during the summer months.
		No guests were staying at the hotel at the time of the blaze, which is understood to have broken out in the laundry area, but customers enjoying food in the restaurant and drinks at the bar were ushered from the premises before local men fought the flames.
		Mayo Fire Service officers travelled to the island on Friday last to investigate the cause of the blaze but Mr O’Grady is adamant that a fire crew and engine is needed on the island, which houses up to 60 families.
	www.westernpeople.ie /news/story.asp?j=32662 (402 words)

	Deer Island, Co. Clare, Ireland, Lewis, 1837 description ©Jane Lyons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		DEER ISLAND, or INNISMORE, an island, in the parish of KILCHRlST, barony of CLONDERLAW, county of CLARE, and province of MUNSTER, 3 ½ miles (N.) from Kildysart; the population is returned with the parish.
		This island is situated near the western bank of the river Fergus, about a quarter of a mile from the shore of Kildysart parish, and contains 493 statute acres, which are near1y equally divided between pasture and tillage.
		It is the property of the Earl of Egremont, and is also called Inchmore, or the "Great Island," being the largest of those by which the Fergus is adorned, and is remarkable for the fertility of its soil.
	www.from-ireland.net /lewis/clare/deer.htm (226 words)

	Gulf Island Accommodations - Bed and Breakfast - Salt Spring Island>
		Clare's Cottage Bed and Breakfast is a Gulf Island Accommodation located on Salt Spring Island.
		This Salt Spring Island Bed and Breakfast is on the largest of the Southern Gulf Islands.
		Clare's Cottage BandB set on 3/4 acre, is centrally located on Salt Spring Island within walking distance of Ganges Village.
	www.saltspring.com /clarescottage (318 words)

	Clare Island Blue Flag Beach - Irish Vacation Travel Specialists
		Located off the coast of Mayo in the west of Ireland, Clare Island has an excellent sandy, rural beach.
		The island has a small population of approx.
		All boats arriving to the island must berth at this pier.
	www.12travel.com /ie/information/clareisland_beach.html (190 words)

	Helpers / Wwoofing at the Clare Island yoga retreat centre, Ireland
		Helpers are an extremely important element of the centre on Clare Island.
		From the feedback we have received, for most helpers, their time on Clare Island has has been a very positive and unique experience.
		During the late spring and summer season, when we are running large courses, we have room for two helpers (a couple or two friends sharing a room seems to work best), who can commit to either the entire period or a substantial portion of this time (minimum six weeks).
	www.yogaretreats.ie /helpers.htm (721 words)

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