{{Short description|Island in Ireland}} {{about|the island in the Blasket Archipelago|the island in Valentia Harbour|Beginish Island}} {{moresources|date=May 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Use Irish English|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox islands | name = Beiginis | image_name = Tiny Cove on Beginish Island.jpg | image_caption = Cove on Beginish Island | map = island of Ireland | map_caption = Inishbofin (Ireland) | native_name = Beiginis<ref>''Emerald Green: An Ecocritical Study of Irish Literature'', Timothy Wenzell; ProQuest, 2008; see [https://books.google.com/books?id=FiXtLD6SYscC&dq=blasket+Beiginis&pg=PA148 books.google.it] (accessed on 2015-02-18)</ref> | native_name_link = Irish language | nickname = | location = Atlantic Ocean | coordinates = {{coord|52|06|56|N|10|30|26|W|display=inline,title}} | archipelago = | area_acre = 34 | area_footnotes = | length_km = | length_footnotes = | width_km = | width_footnotes = | coastline_km = | highest_mount = | elevation_m = 14 | country = Ireland | country_admin_divisions_title = Province | country_admin_divisions = Munster | country_admin_divisions_title_1 = County | country_admin_divisions_1 = Kerry | country_admin_divisions_title_2 = | country_admin_divisions_2 = | country_capital_city = | country_largest_city = | country_largest_city_population = | country_leader_title = | country_leader_name = | population = 0 | population_as_of = | density_km2 = | ethnic_groups = | additional_info = }} '''Beginish''' ({{Irish derived place name|'''Beiginis'''|little island}}) is one of the Blasket Islands of County Kerry, Ireland.
== Geography == It is a low-lying island (14 metres high) with an area of 13.8 hectares in Blasket Sound, between Great Blasket Island and the mainland.<ref>[https://www.townlands.ie/kerry/corkaguiny/dun-chaoin/toghroinn-ceantair-dun-chaoin/beginish/ Townlands.ie - Beginish]</ref> It has a large colony of Arctic terns. The island is also the main birthing site for grey seals.
There is at least one other island in County Kerry called Beginish: it lies at the mouth of the River Ferta about 1 km from Valentia Island. The Island lies to the north of Valentia Harbour.
==See also== * Beginish Island in Valentia Harbour
== References == {{reflist}}
{{Blasket Islands}}
Category:Blasket Islands Category:Uninhabited islands of Ireland
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