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Scheme to house a family on Inis Meáin for a year generating 'huge' interest
'See puffins up close': 6 underrated islands on Ireland's west coast - and why you should visit
'The pub goes, the priest goes, the people go': New radio documentary explores evacuation of Ireland's islands
Twenty years since Rathlin Island's first crime, it's 'not a place where you'd get away with something'
Voters in Inishfree (all 6 of them) go the polls today, along with 2,118 other people...
Photos: This man's been documenting life on Ireland's Wild Western Islands for over 50 years...
Photos: This retired movie stuntman and former pro-wrestler is the sole inhabitant of Omey Island, off Connemara
This man is seeking a woman to live on Inishfree with him Castaway style
Pictures: Life on Inis Meáin a century ago