Galway island up for sale at guide price of more than €1 million

Galway Bay fm newsroom - An island off the coast of Galway has been placed on the market.

High Island or Ardoileán is an 80-acre island with two freshwater lakes and the ruins of a 7th-century monastery which is now a national monument and an intact stone beehive hut.

The guide price on MyHome.ie for the uninhabited island about 3 kilometres from Claddaghduff is 1.25 million euro.

Between 1969 and 1998 it was owned by Irish poet, Richard Murphy and inspired many of his works.

Photo: MyHome.ie