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PHOTOS: People living on Donegal islands go to the polls

Some of the 750 voters on the islands off the Donegal coast cast their ballots in the referendum today, three days before the rest of the country.

28/05/12 2,914 Views 9 Comments

FOR MOST OF the country’s 3.2 million registered voters, polling day for the Fiscal Compact referendum will be this Thursday – but things are different off the coast of Donegal.

The 750 people living on the five islands off the Donegal coast – Inishfree, Arranmore, Gola, Inishboffin and Tory Island – had the chance to cast their ballots today, three days before the rest of the country.

Here’s what happened earlier today:

PHOTOS: People living on Donegal islands go to the polls
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  • Fiscal Treaty Referendum

    Barry Edgar Pilcher, left, casts his vote, with presiding officer Hugh O' Donnell, right, during voting on Inishfree Island, Donegal today. Pilcher, an artist, is the only inhabitant on the island and used his living room as a polling station to vote in the European Fiscal Treaty Referendum (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

  • Fiscal Treaty Referendum

    Presiding officer Hugh O' Donnell, right prepares the ballot box on Inishfree Island (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

  • Fiscal Treaty Referendum

    Garda John O'Toole (left) and Hugh O' Donnell Presiding Officer leave the polling station with the ballot box after voting on the fiscal treaty referendum on Inishfree Island off the coast of Donegal (Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire)

  • Fiscal Treaty Referendum

    Hugh O' Donnell looks on as Barry Edgar Pilcher, the only inhabitant of Inishfree Island, casts his vote (Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire)

  • Fiscal Treaty Referendum

    Poet and artist Barry Edgar Pilcher plays his saxophone in his living room which has become a polling station for the referendum (Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire)

  • Fiscal Treaty Referendum

    Presiding officer Hugh O' Donnell, right, and police officer John O'Toole carry the ballot box along with local resident Hans Schleweck to Inishfree Island (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

  • Fiscal Treaty Referendum

    Garda Eugene Organ carrying a ballot box to the polling station for voting on the fiscal treaty referendum on Tory Island off the coast of Donegal (Photo: Artur Widak/PA Wire)

  • Fiscal Treaty Referendum

    Garda Eugene Organ leaves the polling station with the ballot box after voting on the fiscal treaty referendum took place on Tory Island (Photo: Artur Widak/PA Wire)

  • Fiscal Treaty Referendum

    Garda Eugene Organ carrying a ballot box to the polling station for voting on the fiscal treaty referendum on Tory Island (Photo: Artur Widak/PA Wire)

  • Fiscal Treaty Referendum

    Willie Duggan becomes the first person to vote on the fiscal treaty referendum on Tory Island off the coast of Donegal (Photo: Artur Widak/PA Wire)

  • Fiscal Treaty Referendum

    Pilot Therry McGrath carrying a ballot box to the polling station on Tory Island (Photo: Artur Widak/PA Wire)

  • Fiscal Treaty Referendum

    Pilot Therry McGrath loading up a ballot box after it left the polling station after voting on Tory Island (Photo: Artur Widak/PA Wire)

  • Fiscal Treaty Referendum

    Local man Hans Schleweck, Garda John O'Toole and Hugh O' Donnell Presiding Officer leave the polling station with the ballot box on Inishfree Island (Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire)

  • Fiscal Treaty Referendum

    Hugh O' Donnell Presiding Officer looks on as Barry Edgar Pilcher the only inhabitant of Inishfree Island off the coast of Donegal, casts his vote in the referendum (Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire)

  • Fiscal Treaty Referendum

    Local man Hans Schleweck, Garda John O'Toole and Hugh O' Donnell Presiding Officer leave the polling station on Inishfree (Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire)

  • Fiscal Treaty Referendum

    Local man Hans Schleweck stands in the living room of Islander Barry Edgar Pilcher which has become a polling station for the European Fiscal Treaty Referendum on Inishfree Island (Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire)

  • Fiscal Treaty Referendum

    Hugh O' Donnell, Presiding Officer, seals the ballot box after voting on Inishfree Island (Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire)

  • Fiscal Treaty Referendum

    Police officer John O'Toole, left, and presiding officer Hugh O' Donnell, right, carry the ballot box to the polling station on Inishfree Island (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

  • Fiscal Treaty Referendum

    Barry Edgar Pilcher puts up a polling station sign in his living room in Inishfree Island today (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

  • Fiscal Treaty Referendum

    Presiding officer Hugh O' Donnell, right, and police officer John O'Toole carry the ballot box onto Inishfree Island (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

  • Fiscal Treaty Referendum

    John O'Toole, left, and presiding officer Hugh O' Donnell, right, carry the ballot box to Inishfree Island (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

  • Fiscal Treaty Referendum

    King of Tory, artist and Musician, Patsy Dan Mac Ruari votes in the Fiscal Treaty referendum at the Pooling Station based in the St Colm Cillie National School on Tory Island. (Photo: Artur Widak/PA Wire)
  • Barry Edgar Pilcher, left, casts his vote, with presiding officer Hugh O' Donnell, right, during voting on Inishfree Island, Donegal today. Pilcher, an artist, is the only inhabitant on the island and used his living room as a polling station to vote in the European Fiscal Treaty Referendum (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
  • Presiding officer Hugh O' Donnell, right prepares the ballot box on Inishfree Island (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
  • Garda John O'Toole (left) and Hugh O' Donnell Presiding Officer leave the polling station with the ballot box after voting on the fiscal treaty referendum on Inishfree Island off the coast of Donegal (Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire)
  • Hugh O' Donnell looks on as Barry Edgar Pilcher, the only inhabitant of Inishfree Island, casts his vote (Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire)
  • Poet and artist Barry Edgar Pilcher plays his saxophone in his living room which has become a polling station for the referendum (Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire)
  • Presiding officer Hugh O' Donnell, right, and police officer John O'Toole carry the ballot box along with local resident Hans Schleweck to Inishfree Island (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
  • Garda Eugene Organ carrying a ballot box to the polling station for voting on the fiscal treaty referendum on Tory Island off the coast of Donegal (Photo: Artur Widak/PA Wire)
  • Garda Eugene Organ leaves the polling station with the ballot box after voting on the fiscal treaty referendum took place on Tory Island (Photo: Artur Widak/PA Wire)
  • Garda Eugene Organ carrying a ballot box to the polling station for voting on the fiscal treaty referendum on Tory Island (Photo: Artur Widak/PA Wire)
  • Willie Duggan becomes the first person to vote on the fiscal treaty referendum on Tory Island off the coast of Donegal (Photo: Artur Widak/PA Wire)
  • Pilot Therry McGrath carrying a ballot box to the polling station on Tory Island (Photo: Artur Widak/PA Wire)
  • Pilot Therry McGrath loading up a ballot box after it left the polling station after voting on Tory Island (Photo: Artur Widak/PA Wire)
  • Local man Hans Schleweck, Garda John O'Toole and Hugh O' Donnell Presiding Officer leave the polling station with the ballot box on Inishfree Island (Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire)
  • Hugh O' Donnell Presiding Officer looks on as Barry Edgar Pilcher the only inhabitant of Inishfree Island off the coast of Donegal, casts his vote in the referendum (Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire)
  • Local man Hans Schleweck, Garda John O'Toole and Hugh O' Donnell Presiding Officer leave the polling station on Inishfree (Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire)
  • Local man Hans Schleweck stands in the living room of Islander Barry Edgar Pilcher which has become a polling station for the European Fiscal Treaty Referendum on Inishfree Island (Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire)
  • Hugh O' Donnell, Presiding Officer, seals the ballot box after voting on Inishfree Island (Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire)
  • Police officer John O'Toole, left, and presiding officer Hugh O' Donnell, right, carry the ballot box to the polling station on Inishfree Island (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
  • Barry Edgar Pilcher puts up a polling station sign in his living room in Inishfree Island today (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
  • Presiding officer Hugh O' Donnell, right, and police officer John O'Toole carry the ballot box onto Inishfree Island (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
  • John O'Toole, left, and presiding officer Hugh O' Donnell, right, carry the ballot box to Inishfree Island (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
  • King of Tory, artist and Musician, Patsy Dan Mac Ruari votes in the Fiscal Treaty referendum at the Pooling Station based in the St Colm Cillie National School on Tory Island. (Photo: Artur Widak/PA Wire)

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