Inchydoney or Inchydoney Island is a small island off West Cork, Ireland, connected to the mainland by two causeways. The nearest town is Clonakilty. It has a Blue Flag beach.
It is a tourist destination with two beaches, one either side of the Virgin Mary headland. In summer there is a lifeguard station on the headland for three months.
The island was granted by Elizabeth I of England to the Church of Ireland Bishop of Ross in 1584. During the Eleven Years' War, when English forces retook the town of Clonakilty from Confederate Irish forces in 1642, several hundred soldiers fled towards the island to take refuge, but were caught and drowned in the rising tide before reaching Inchydoney.
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