Glashedy
| Native name: Glaiséidí | |
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Glashedy from Pollan Beach (Ballyliffin)
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| Geography | |
| Location | Atlantic Ocean |
| Coordinates | 55°19′02″N 7°24′09″W / 55.31722°N 7.40250°WCoordinates: 55°19′02″N 7°24′09″W / 55.31722°N 7.40250°W |
| Administration | |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | Donegal |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
Glashedy Island (Irish: Glaiséidí) is an uninhabited island approximately 1 mile (2 km) off Pollen strand, 2 miles (3 km) west of Trawbreaga Bay, and about 7 kilometres (4 mi) south of Malin Head, Donegal, Ireland. Glashedy Island has an area of 22,548 m² which is equivalent to 2.25 hectares (5.57 acres / 5 acres, 2 roods, 11 perches). At its highest point, it is 119 ft high.
The sea around the island is potentially very dangerous for shipping and unsafe for anchorage. Rocks and breakers extend up to a 1,000 meters from all sides of the Island. The waters are relatively shallow at between 4 and 5 fathoms. The shoals to the north of the island are particularly dangerous, lying at a depth of just 3 fathoms. Glashedy Sound is the channel between the island and the shore. It is also shallow.
Its former name until the early 17th century was Seale Island. The English translation of the name is the Island of the Green Cloak derived from the layer of grass present on the top. The island is sometimes called Glashedy Rock.
There are references to the Island in a number of historical geographical surveys of Inishowen. It is referred to as Seale Island in the King James Patent Role of 1621. It is called Glasseve in the Civil Survey of 1654.
"Wee have likewise some small inconsiderrable ffishings, vizt one small sallmon ffishing in ye river in ye river of Boncrannogh one seale ffishing in the island of Glasseve one litle sallmon ffishing in the River of Strabregg and a less in Loghfoile all wch."
Crow's Maps of Donegal Estates, which was compiled between 1767–70, uses its current name of Glashedy. In Griffiths Valuation (1858) the Island is also called Glashedy, with ownership of the island attributed to John Harvey of Clonmany, Donegal.
On Wednesday, November 24, 1841, a schooner called the James Cook was hit by a gale and struck some rocks near Glashedy Island and broke up. The vessel was bound from Sligo to Glasgow with a cargo of Oats. The master and nine crew drowned. One man, James Fitzgerald managed to reach the island. The weather was too rough to allow a rescue boat to reach the island. The Coastguard from Rockstown, Urris managed to reach the island after two days, when the survivor was rescued in an emaciated and exhausted state.
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