:Illanmaster

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| native_name = Oileán Máistir

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Illanmaster or Illaunmaistir ({{Irish place name|Oileán Máistir}}) is an uninhabited steep rocky island rising to about 100m, lying just off the north coast of County Mayo, Ireland and {{convert|19|km|0|abbr=on}} west of Ballycastle. Grid ref: F 933 435.{{cite web | title=Illaunmaistir, Co. Mayo | work=BirdWatch Ireland | url=http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/Default.aspx?tabid=216 | accessdate=2008-06-27 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619051238/http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/Default.aspx?tabid=216 | archive-date=2008-06-19 | url-status=dead }} The island is separated from the mainland by a narrow sound.

Wildlife

It has breeding puffins and storm petrels, and in winter is used by a small flock of barnacle geese. The island is managed as a nature reserve by BirdWatch Ireland. The reserve is inaccessible but can be viewed from the mainland.

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