Holy Island - Places

Places

England
  • Lindisfarne, Northumberland, home of a medieval monastery
Ireland
  • Inish Cealtra, near Mountshannon on the west shore of Lough Derg
Russia
  • Vaygach Island, Arctic Circle, with one community of 100 inhabitants, Varnek, Russia
Scotland
  • Eileach an Naoimh, also known as Holy Isle, located in the Firth of Lorn
  • Holy Isle, Firth of Clyde, off the Isle of Arran
United States
  • Holy Island, Massachusetts
Wales
  • Holy Island, Anglesey

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