Editing Geography of Ireland (section)

===Islands and peninsulas===
{{see also|List of islands of Ireland|List of islands of County Mayo}}
[[File:Dingle Peninsula.jpg|thumb|left|Dingle Peninsula as viewed from [[Banna Strand]]|alt=See caption]]
Achill Island, off the west coast, is the largest of Ireland's offshore islands. Achill is inhabited, and is permanently connected to the mainland by a bridge.<ref>{{cite book |title=Oileain: A Guide to the Irish Islands |last=Walsh |first=David |author2=Sean Pierce |year=2004 |publisher=Pesda Press |isbn=978-0-9531956-9-5 |page= 158 }}</ref> Some of the next largest islands are the [[Aran Islands]], off the coast of southern [[Connacht]], host to an Irish-speaking community, or [[Gaeltacht]]. [[Valentia Island]] off the [[Iveragh peninsula]] is also one of Ireland's larger islands, and is relatively settled, as well as being connected by a bridge at its southeastern end.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=1 November 2023|publisher=Irish Tourisn.com|title=Valentia Island|url=https://www.irishtourism.com/valentia-island|year=2023}}</ref> [[Omey Island]], off the coast of [[Connemara]], is a [[tidal island]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Omey Island:Discover the mysterious tidal island in Connemara |work=The Islands |via=galwaytourism.ie |year=2023 |url=https://www.galwaytourism.ie/omey-island |accessdate=25 July 2023 |archive-date=6 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406163659/https://www.galwaytourism.ie/omey-island/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Some of the best-known peninsulas in Ireland are in Counties Cork and Kerry: the [[Dingle peninsula]], the Iveragh peninsula and the [[Beara peninsula]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Kerry |encyclopedia=Geography and Travel |publisher=Britannica.com |date=27 October 2023 |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Kerry |access-date=7 November 2023 |archive-date=19 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119175740/https://www.britannica.com/place/Kerry |url-status=live }}</ref> Other promontories outside the southwest include the [[Fanad|Fanad (Fannet Head)]], Mullet Peninsula, the Old Head of Kinsale, Hook Head, [[Howth Head]] and the [[Cooley Peninsula]].<ref name="HandBk1849">{{Cite book |last=Fraser |first=James |title=A Hand Book for Travellers to Ireland |publisher=James McGlashan (with William Orr & Co.) |year=1849 |edition=6th thousand ("enlarged and corrected") |location=Dublin}}</ref>{{rp|4}} The Inishowen peninsula in County Donegal includes Ireland's most northerly point, Malin Head, and several towns, including [[Buncrana]] on Lough Swilly,<ref name="UKIndo_Inishowen">{{Cite news |date=2023-07-17 |title=Adventures in Inishowen: Ireland's dream peninsula |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/ireland/wild-atlantic-way-inishowen-peninsula-b2369709.html |access-date=2023-12-26 |newspaper=The Independent |location=London |archive-date=26 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231226194238/https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/ireland/wild-atlantic-way-inishowen-peninsula-b2369709.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Carndonagh]] and [[Moville]] on Lough Foyle.<ref name="InishowenBk_Swan_1938">{{Cite book |last=Swan |first=Henry Percival |title=The Book of Inishowen: A Guide Book and Conspectus of Information Relating to the Barony of Inishowen, County Donegal |publisher=W. Doherty (printers) |year=1938 |location=Buncrana, County Donegal}}</ref>

Ireland's most northerly undisputed land feature is Inishtrahull island, off Malin Head.<ref>{{cite web |title=Inishowen Peninsula |work=via ireland.com |publisher=[[Tourism Ireland]] |year=2023 |url=https://www.ireland.com/en-au/destinations/regions/inishowen-peninsula/ |access-date=1 November 2023 |archive-date=1 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101161230/https://www.ireland.com/en-au/destinations/regions/inishowen-peninsula/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Rockall]] Island lies farther north but its status is disputed, being claimed by the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, [[Denmark]] (on behalf of the [[Faroe Islands]]) and [[Iceland]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Written Answers: Rockall Island |work=Dáil Éireann Debates |publisher=[[Oireachtas]] |date=24 March 2011 |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2011-03-24/32/ |access-date=1 November 2023 |archive-date=25 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240825183149/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2011-03-24/32/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The most southerly point is the [[Fastnet Rock]].<ref>{{cite news  |title=Light on a Lonely Rock |newspaper=[[The Economist]] |date=18 December 2008 |url=https://www.economist.com/christmas-specials/2008/12/18/light-on-a-lonely-rock |access-date=1 November 2023 }}</ref>

The [[Hebrides]] off [[Geography of Scotland|Scotland]] and [[Anglesey]] off [[Geography of Wales|Wales]] were grouped with Ireland ("[[Hibernia]]") by the Greco-Roman geographer [[Claudius Ptolemy|Ptolemy]].<ref>{{citation |author=Ptolemy |title=Geog. |at=Bk. 2, Ch. 1 & 2 |title-link=Ptolemy's Geography |author-link=Ptolemy }}.</ref>
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