Holy Island
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Places

England
  • Lindisfarne
    Lindisfarne
    Lindisfarne is a tidal island off the north-east coast of England. It is also known as Holy Island and constitutes a civil parish in Northumberland...

    , Northumberland, home of a medieval monastery


Ireland
  • Inish Cealtra, near Mountshannon on the west shore of Lough Derg


Scotland
  • Eileach an Naoimh
    Eileach an Naoimh
    Eileach an Naoimh, also known as Holy Isle, is an uninhabited island in the Inner Hebrides of the west coast of Scotland. It is the southernmost of the Garvellachs archipelago and lies in Firth of Lorne between Mull and Argyll. The name is Gaelic for "rocky place of the saint".About 542, St...

    , also known as Holy Isle, located in the Firth of Lorn
  • Holy Isle, Firth of Clyde
    Holy Isle, Firth of Clyde
    The Holy Isle, Firth of Clyde is one of a number of islands in the United Kingdom which go under the name "Holy Island". It is located in the Firth of Clyde off the west coast of central Scotland, inside Lamlash Bay on the larger island of Arran.- Details :The island is around long and around ...

    , off the Isle of Arran


United States
  • Holy Island, Massachusetts


Wales
  • Holy Island, Anglesey
    Holy Island, Anglesey
    Holy Island Cybi') is an island on the western side of the larger Isle of Anglesey, North Wales, from which it is separated by a narrow, winding channel. It is called "Holy" because of the high concentration of standing stones, burial chambers and other religious sites on the small island. The...

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