Cape Clear Island
| Cape Clear Island | ||
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| Waters | Celtic sea | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 26 '20 " N , 9 ° 29' 38" W | |
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| length | 3 km | |
| width | 1.5 km | |
| surface | 5.511 km² | |
| Highest elevation | Cnoicín at tSeabhaic 160 m |
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| Residents | 124 (2011) 23 inhabitants / km² |
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Cape Clear Island (also Clear Island ; Gäl . Cléire or Oileán Chléire ) is the southernmost inhabited island of Ireland and after the 6.5 km southwestern Fastnet Rock, the second southernmost ever, and is located in the southwest of County Cork . It is only three kilometers long, max. 1.5 km wide and has about 120 residents. An isthmus divides them into two unequal halves. Your north port can be reached within 45 minutes, past Sherkin Island , from Baltimore or from Schull on the Mizen Peninsula by boat. The southern harbor is a berth for yachts.
The ruin of a simple rectangular medieval church stands on the site of an older monastery associated with Saint Ciarán (St. Kieran) of the Iroschott Church , who is believed to have been born here, which is controversial but spread by the locals. The church has been in ruins since 1693 and is a protected national monument.
structure
Cape Clear Island is divided into 18 townlands :
- Ardgort (To tArdghort)
- Ballyieragh South (Baile Iarthach Theas)
- Ballyieragh North (Baile Iarthach Thuaidh)
- Carhoona (Ceathrúna)
- Killickaforavane (Cill Leice Fórabháin)
- Knockanacohig (Cnocán an Choimhthigh)
- Knockannamaurnagh (Cnocán na mBairneach)
- Keenleen (Coinlin)
- Comillane (Comalán)
- Croha West (Crathach Thiar)
- Croha East (Crathach Thoir)
- Glen West (Gleann Iarthach)
- Glen Middle (Gleann Meánach)
- Glen East (Gleann Oirtheach)
- Gortnalour (Gort na Lobhar)
- Lissamona (Lios Ó Móine)
- Illauneana Island (Oileán Éinne)
- Illaunnagart Island (Oileán na gCeart)
Archaeological sites on Clear Island
- the O'Driscoll Castle from 1200 AD
- three medieval children's cemeteries
- a boulder burial
- a well-preserved ring fort Dún an Óir ("Dun of Gold")
- the southernmost passage Tomb in Ireland, located on the highest point of the island, with a rock carving , found in 1880
- the "Cape Clear Stone" a stone with Celtic decor in La-Tène style from 600 to 400 AD, later with a cross and an inscription
- a stone with cup-and-ring markings , now in the Cape Clear Museum
- two Fulachta Fiadh
- two cross slabs
- two Iron Age promontory forts from 600 to 400 AD
- two holy springs ; one is visited on St. Kieran's Day, March 5th
- the Comillane stone line, to the north
- two menhirs as a pair of stones (the "Marriage stones", one as a perforated stone ), dated to 4000-2500 BC. Chr.
The island is a bird paradise and is home to a station.
literature
- Chuck Kruger: Capa Cleare Island Magic 1994 Published by Collins Press
Web links
- Description Engl. and pictures
- Description of the megaliths
- Image of the "Marriage stones"
- Map with an outline in 16 townlands
- Map with an outline in 16 townlands
Individual evidence
- ↑ Table No. 11 Population of inhabited Islands off the coast, 2006 and 2011 . In: Central Statistics Office (Ed.): Population Classified by area . Dublin 2012, pp. 132-133 ( PDF file; 3.64 MB ( memento of October 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ))
- ^ Placenames Database of Ireland