Emerald Isle

Emerald Isle is the poetic name for Ireland due to its green countryside, first referred to in print by William Drennan in his poem "When Erin first rose".

Emerald Isle may also refer to:

In places:

• Emerald Isle (Northwest Territories), Canada
• Emerald Isle, North Carolina, USA
• Emerald Island (phantom), a phantom island reported by some early explorers to lie between Australia and Antarctica
• St. John's Island, Egypt, also known as Zabargad or Emerald Island because of ancient peridot mines
• Nickname:
  • Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA
  • Lesbos, Greece
  • Montserrat, Caribbean
  • Phú Quốc, Vietnam

In other uses:

• "The Emerald Isle", comic opera by Sir Arthur Sullivan
• Emerald Isle (video game), 1984 computer game by Level 9
• Emerald Isle (mythological and folklore resource), a site which maps out the locations and times of Irish myths and legends.