Inishkea Islands

🎊ITS BACK 🎊
FREE TRAVEL TO INISHKEA
with Belmullet Boat Charters ⛴️

Yes….you’ve heard it correct! 😱

Valid for 1 WEEK IN JULY ONLY!
Monday 10th - Sunday 16th

It’s free to travel to Inishkea if you hold a free travel pass!

Be sure to spread the news & give us follow to be notified of future availability for free travel!

Call us on 0868365983 to reserve your space - limited availability!

🌟What do I need to do to avail of this? Call us to confirm your eligibility & present your Free Travel Card on the day!

Inishkea Island Beach Clean Up 🧹

Stay tuned to see our most interesting finds…🤔

Belmullet Boat Charters are delighted to announce that we have recently established the Inishkea Island Clean Coasts Group 🎊👏🏻

Belmullet Boat Charters crew will be carrying out the first official beach clean up on the 8th of June to celebrate World Ocean Day World Ocean Day 🌎

Thank you to Mayo.ie for arranging the litter pick up!

A big shoutout to Clean Coasts for helping us set up the group 🤩

And thank you to everyone else who will be helping out! ❤️

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💭Today, Friday the 28th of October, we remember all those that were lost in Inishkea Drowning Disaster which occurred 95 years ago tonight.

On this terrible night, a total of 46 young men drowned along the west coast from the Inishkea Islands, Claggan, Inishboffin Island and Lacken.

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Go dtuga Dia na Glóire ait ar leith ar Neamh Dá créatúir uilig a bathadh i gCloigeann, Inis Bó Finne, Léacain agus anseo in Inis Cé ar an 28-10-1927

The story (Inishkea)

On the evening of the 28th of October 1927 around 60 men left to go fishing for herring & mackerel from Inishkea South & North with 2-3 men in each currach.

By 7’o clock, most of the fishermen had returned home. An hour later, at 8’ o clock - 20 men were still fishing when a huge freak storm came out of nowhere, resulting in the death of 10 young men. The youngest to die was Terry Reilly who was just 14 years old.

Out of the the ten men drowned only two were from the North Island and eight from the South. At that time in 1927, there was a 159 people living on the North Island and 130 people living the South Island.

Overtime, their bodies were slowly recovered one by one, in some cases up to a year later. The bodies washed ashore all along the coast of Belmullet. One body was never found and that was of Michael Keane.

This terrible tragedy had a huge impact on the islanders and is believed to be one of the main reasons that lead to the Inishkea Islanders leaving Inishkea.

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St. Colmcille’s Church on Inishkea North 📸
Check out 5 facts below 👀

1️⃣ St. Colmcille founded the church on Inishkea North in the 7th century

2️⃣ St. Colmcille’s feast day is June 9, the day he died in the year 597 AD – at the impressive age of 75.

3️⃣ St Colmcille is one of Ireland’s three patron saints. The other two are St Brigid and of course, St Patrick.

4️⃣ Colmcille founded over 30 monasteries in just 10 years, inspiring many people with his personal holiness.

5️⃣ Colmcille was born on December 7, 521 in Gartan, near Lough Gartan in Co. Donegal.

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