Tory Island
Toraigh
Tory Island | |
|---|---|
Island | |
Aerial view of Tory Island | |
Toraigh Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 55°15′45″N 8°13′00″W / 55.2626°N 8.2168°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | County Donegal |
| Government | |
| • Dáil Éireann | Donegal |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.5816 km2 (1.3829 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 141 |
| • Density | 39.4/km2 (102/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Area codes | 074, +353 74 |
| Irish Grid Reference | B853466 |
| Website | toryisland |
| As this is a Gaeltacht, Toraigh is the only official name. | |
Tory Island, or simply Tory, is an island 11 kilometres (6 nautical miles) off the north-west coast of County Donegal in the north-west of Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. It is officially known by its Irish name Toraigh. It is the most remote inhabited island of Ireland. The name toraigh means "place of steep rocky heights".