For sale: John Lennon's dream island where King of the Hippies reigned

Islands off the west coast of Ireland are coming on the market amid the recessionWhen the boat engine dies, the silence is absolute. The water is still and clear down to the little towers of amber weed on a seabed that slopes up gently to the beach of Dorninish. Known as Beatle Island or Hippie Island, Dorninish has been both the dream island of John Lennon, who owned it until his death, and a colony for idealistic New Agers whose tepees were eventually defeated by the County Mayo winter.Now the...

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