Inchagoill

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Inchagoill
Inis to Ghaill
Landing site on Inchagoill
Landing site on Inchagoill
Waters Lough Corrib
Geographical location 53 ° 29 ′ 0 ″  N , 9 ° 19 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 53 ° 29 ′ 0 ″  N , 9 ° 19 ′ 0 ″  W
Inchagoill (Ireland)
Inchagoill
surface 32.68 ha

Inchagoill ( Irish Inis an Ghaill [Chráibhthigh] - German  island of the [pious] foreigner ) is a 44.3 hectare island in Lough Corrib in County Galway in Ireland . Its Christian ruins form an Irish national monument. Burr Island (1.63 hectares) is immediately to the north and the approximately 6.0 hectare Inishannagh to the northeast.

St. Patrick's Church, also known as Templepatrick ( Teampall Phádraig ), is traditionally attributed to Saint Patrick and his nephew Lugnad. It is more likely that it dates back to the 6th or 7th century AD.

Lugnad's stone

Lugnad's stone (CISP INCHA / 1) made of Silurian sandstone in the shape of a rudder is about one meter high and bears the Oghamin script: Lie Lugnaedon Macci menueh (German: "Stone of Lugnad, son of Limenueh"), the latter is Patrick's sister Liamain. The 6th century column consists of the remains of an ogham stone and was Christianized with three carved crosses after it was freed from its pagan inscription.

A 72 m long marked path connects Templepatrick and Templenaneeve ( Teampall na Naomh "Church of Saints"). Templenaneeve is a Romanesque church with an ornate archway from the 12th century. The sculpted heads resemble those of St. Brendan's Cathedral at Annaghdown . A cut slab dates from the 8th century and there are three portlauns . The choir is semicircular and not decorated. According to the annals of the four masters Muirgheas Ó Nioc (Muirgius et al. Nioc; died 1128), Coarb of Tuam (often incorrectly referred to as Archbishop of Tuam, but this title only existed from 1152), is buried in the cemetery. Butlers, Conways, Kinnaveys, Lyddans, Murphys, and Sullivans also used the island cemetery.

  • Cemetery and Templepatrick

  • Lugnad's Stone

  • Templenaneeve

  • Celtic cross engraved in stone

Nearby are a holy well (Tobernaneeve, Tobar na Naomh ), two cross-cut columns and five cross plates.

An annual fair is celebrated on the island and local companies offer excursions to the island.

Coillte, a state reforestation company, has extensively reforested the island.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A Coarb, Old Irish Comarbae (New Irish Comharba, Latin: hērēs), which means "heir" or "successor", was a characteristic office of the medieval Church of Ireland and Scotland.

literature

  • William R. Wilde: Lough Corrib, its shores and islands. McGlashan & Gill, Dublin 1867 ( preview in Google Book search)
  • Peter Harbison : Guide to the National Monuments in the Republic of Ireland Gill and Macmillan, Dublin 1970 ISBN 0-7171-0275-0 p. 93

Web links

Commons : Inchagoill  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Maria O'Neill: Inchagoill, Lough Corrib's Largest Island. Oughterard Heritage, accessed August 15, 2020 .