The population of corncrakes on Rathlin Island is being "positively" maintained with the help of an annual nettle dig, the ...

In the early 1950s, from the age of three to eight, Mr O'Donnell lived on Rathlin Island, his mother was from the island and his father was the lighthouse keeper. "I had five happy years on ...

Clare Island Lighthouse in Co Mayo also has on ... Northern Ireland boasts an additional three Great Lighthouses: Rathlin West Light and Blackhead Lighthouse in Co Antrim and St John's Point ...

Rathlin Island was only connected to Northern Ireland's main electricity grid in 2007. Prior to that it was powered by unreliable wind turbines and old diesel generators. Now islanders want to use ...

Rathlin Island looks pretty close when you are waiting for the ferry at Ballycastle Harbour. But, if you don't have sea legs, it doesn't feel that close ten minutes into the crossing. Rathlin is ...