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Holy Island is the name shared by a number of British islands.
Holy Island, [[Northumberland]], north east [[England]], is the preferred local name for the island of [[Lindisfarne]], a tidal island off the Northumbrian coast and the spot where monastic missionaries from [[Iona]] brought Christianity to [[Northumbria]].
Holy Island is also an island in Brodick Bay, off the coast of [[Arran]] in [[Scotland]].
Holy Island is also the name of an island off the coast of [[Anglesey]] in north [[Wales]]. It is connected to Anglesey by a road and rail causeway. The main town is the ferry port of [[Holyhead]].