Furzey Island Furzey Island Furzey Island is an island in Poole Harbour in the English county of Dorset. The island lies to the south of the larger Brownsea Island. Seen from the water, or adjoining land, the island looks like another wild pineclad island. However, hidden in the trees are twenty-two oil wells split into 2 well-sites for the Wytch Farm Oil Field, which is linked by pipeline to Hamble on Southampton Water. The rarely seen tall oil rig, can sometimes be a big landmark of Southern Poole Harbour and the main landmark between Brownsea and Furzey. The well-sites are manned 24
Tory Island Tory Island Tory Island, or simply Tory (officially known by its Irish name Toraigh), is an island off the north-west coast of County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland, and is the most remote inhabited island of Ireland. It is also known in Irish as "Oileán Thoraí" or, historically, "Oileán Thúr Rí". The word Tory comes from the Middle Irish word "Tóraidhe" which means bandit. The main spoken language on the island is Irish, although English is spoken to communicate with visitors. Tory is part of the Donegal "Gaeltacht" and Ulster Irish (Gaeilge Uladh) is the main Irish dialect in use. The