Cro Inis
| Cro Inis | ||
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| Waters | Lough Ennell | |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 29 '32.43 " N , 7 ° 22' 31.2" W | |
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| length | 25 m | |
| width | 25 m | |
Cro Inis ( Irish Cró-inis , English also Croinsha or Cormorant Island ) and the islands of Ford Island, Goose Island and Cherry Island, in about seven kilometers long and three kilometers wide Lough Ennell ( Loch Ainninn ) in County Westmeath in Ireland are probably Crannógs which, apart from Cro Inis, has not yet been excavated. In the Annals of Westmeath, eight of the islands have been identified as having different historical significance.
Cro Inis, also known as “Malachy Island”, is an almost round island about 25 m in diameter. It is located about 300 m from the country and belonged to a royal seat in the Middle Ages. Abbé James MacGeoghegan narrated in his "History of Ireland", written between 1758 and 1763, that Malachy II (Máel Sechnail), a contemporary of the High King Brian Boru (940-1014) had a castle here. However, its headquarters were in Dun na Sgiath, within sight of the Crannóg, on the mainland.
In his commentary on the annals of the four masters of 1022, the Irish historian John O'Donovan writes, among other things, that Cro Inis is located on the southwestern part of Lough Ennell, near Mullingar and belongs to the parish of Dysart. Fragments of a small castle or a stone house (unknown date) can still be seen on the island. The fortress Dún na Sgiath (Fort of the Shields), which consists of several concentric ramparts, is the seat of King Máel Sechnail mac Domnaill (Anglicised Malachy), King of Míde (Meath) (incorrectly also referred to as the Hochkönig), lies on the lakeshore opposite the island. King Máel Sechnail II (949-1022) defeated the Viking Olaf Cuaran King of Dublin and York in the Battle of Tara in 980 and died in 1022 AD, probably on Cro Inis.
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- ↑ There are several places with this name in Ireland and Scotland.