Inis Oírr
| Inis Oírr Inisheer |
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| Waters | Atlantic Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Aran Islands | |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 3 '29 " N , 9 ° 31' 39" W | |
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| surface | 5.67 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 57 m | |
| Residents | 249 (2011) 44 inhabitants / km² |
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| main place | Baile an Lurgáin (Lurgan Village) |
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Inis Oírr [ ˌɪnʲɪʃ ˈiːɾʲ ] ( Anglicized Inisheer ) is an island on the west coast of County Galway in Ireland . The English name is a phonetic reproduction of the Irish name. There are also two other Irish-language names for the island, Inis Thiar and Inis Oirthir . However, Inis Oírr has been the only official name since a change in law in 2004. As part of the Aran Islands , Inis Oírr is the smallest inhabited and easternmost island in the group.
geography
The island covers about ten square kilometers, the coast of County Clare is about eight kilometers away. Most of the 247 residents (as of 2006) live in the northern part of the island, where the port and the airport are also located. Also to the north is a 14th century O'Briens castle. It stands on a hill and is surrounded by the remains of the Dún Formna ring fort . Between the castle and the airport there is a small church ruin, Teampall Chaomháin . It is dedicated to Saint Kevin of Glendalough and is the destination of a pilgrimage every July 13th. The church must then be freed from the quicksand that has collected in it. The ruins of other churches can be found scattered across the island. In the south of the island there is a lighthouse that is inaccessible to visitors. In the east of the island is the wreck of the freighter MV Plassy, which ran aground in 1960 . The islanders were able to save all the crew members of the ship that crashed.
Inis Oírr is located in a Gaeltacht region, which means that the Irish language is the main language of the islanders.
Inis Oírr can be reached via ferry connections from Rossaveal and Doolin , as well as from the other Aran Islands.
Tourism plays a major role economically. The island is also popular with high school students to learn the Irish language.
The island has five villages:
- Baile Thiar (West Village)
- Baile an Lurgáin (Lurgan Village)
- Baile an tSéipéil (Chapel Village)
- Baile an Chaisleáin (Castle Village)
- Baile an Fhormna (Formna Village)
The main town on the island is Baile an Lurgáin.
National Monuments
- Cill na Seacht nIníon (Grave of the Seven Daughters)
- Dún an Chreagáin Chaoil (Greggankeel Fort)
- Dún Formna with Caisleán Uí Bhriain (O'Brien's Castle)
- Cill Ghobnait (Saint Gobnet's church / Kilgobnet Church)
- Cnoc Raithní (Knockgrannary)
- Teampall Chaomháin (St Cavan's Church)
Culture / in the media
In the opening sequence of the Irish comedy series Father Ted , the wreck of the Plassey was featured prominently. Inisheer is mentioned in the song The Return of Pan by The Waterboys . Inisheer is also the title of a slow air that Thomas P. Walsh from Dublin wrote in the 1970s after a trip to the island.
photos
View of O'Briens Castle
Tempall Chaomháin
Wreck of the Plassy
Typical stone walls on Inisheer
On the way from the ferry terminal towards the Strand / O'Brien's Castle
Áras Éanna, Art and Culture Center
Tobar Éinne (Tobar Éanna), holy spring of Saint Enda on Inis Oirr
Maireanna Scuimhne Fosimaisne Memorial
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 ))
- ^ List of changed place names, 2004 ; PDF; 770 kB.
- ↑ Things to Do in Inisheer.
- ↑ Thoman Walsh , irishtunecomposers.weebly.com, accessed Aug. 14, 2017
- ↑ The tune Inisheer thesession.org, Aug. 2017 retrieved 14,
- ↑ Inisheer, oh Inisheer; The Story of an Irish Air , www.folkworld.de, accessed 14 Aug 2017
