BROWSE
townland
Inis Gearráin Mór
genitive: Inis Gearráin Mór
(Irish)
Inishgarraun More
(English)

Glossary

inis, inse
English island; river meadow
English great, big

Centrepoint

53.4356, -9.24548latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1660C
Inishgarraun (ye Iland of)
BSD (Ga) III Leathanach: 61
1684
Echinis i.e. Horse Island now Inis Gearain or Garon Island
Iar Conn. Leathanach: 23
1819
Inniskeraun
Larkin (Ga)
1838
Innishgirraun More
BS:AL
1838
Inis Gearráin Mór
OD:AL

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