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tScholars.com | Tearaght Island (210 words) |
 | An Tiaracht (anglicised as The Tearaght, Inishtearaght or Tearaght Island) is an uninhabited steep rocky island situated to the west of the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry. |
| The island is divided into two sections, a larger eastern part (200 metres high) and a western part that rises to 116 metres. |
| A lighthouse was established on the island in 1870, and automated in 1988. |
| Tearaght Island (222 words) |
| Tearaght Island (An Tiaracht in Irish, and sometimes called "the Tearaght" or "Inishtearaght" in English) is an uninhabited steep rocky island situated to the west of the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry. |
| Tearaght Island is about 1 km from east to west, and 500 m from north to south. |
| Tearaght Island, like the other Blasket Islands, holds large numbers of seabirds, with internationally important populations of Manx shearwater and European storm-petrel. |
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