Coney Island (Sligo)
Inis Mhic Uí Choileáin
A tidal island in Sligo Bay. At low tide, you can walk or drive to it along a sand path marked by 14 stone pillars. New York's Coney Island is said to be named after it.
Inis Mhic Uí Choileáin lies between Strandhill and Rosses Point. The island has a farmhouse, a pub and a beach, and it is said that New York's Coney Island takes its name from here. At low tide, you can walk or drive the sand path from Cummeen, about 4 km long, marked by 14 stone pillars. The road floods at high tide, so check the tide tables in advance and allow time to return. A walk around the island takes about 2 hours, with open views and very few people. A small boat also runs from Rosses Point in summer.
Opening hours
Passable at low tide
Nearby sights
- Rosses Point
- Strandhill Beach
- Knocknarea & Queen Maeve's Cairn
- Lissadell House
- Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery
- Drumcliffe Churchyard (Yeats's Grave)
- Streedagh Beach
- Sligo County Museum