Inishmore (or Deer) Island

Inishmore (or Deer) Island

Inishmore (derived from the Irish "Inis Mór" meaning 'the great island') (or Deer) Island is located in County Clare, Ireland.

Location

According to Clare County Library, Deer Island, or Innismore, is situated near the western bank of the River Fergus about a quarter of a mile from the village of Ballynacally. In 1837 it was measured at 493 statute acres.

Population

Administratively it is part of the District Electoral Division of Ballynacally. Population in 1996 was 1 (unchanged since 1991). It is the only inhabited island in Co. Clare. The 1901 census showed 9 families living on the island.

History and archaeology

In 1837 the island was nearly equally divided between pasture and tillage. It was the property of the Earl of Egremont, and was also called Inchmore, or the "Great Island", being the largest of the Fergus islands. Samuel Lewis reported that "Flax was formerly cultivated here… but is now only partially grown". He also mentioned "some vestiges of an abbey still remaining, founded… at a very early period, by Saint Senan of Inniscattery, who appointed St. Liberius one of his disciples, to preside over it". The ruins of the old church, some cholera graves and a holy well called Tobar Breedia are still to be seen. Deer Island was once a deer park, enclosed by water, where the Earl of Thomond kept a live larder of venison.

Nearby Islands

Nearby islands include:
*Cannon Island, anciently called Elanogannonoch, contains remains of a priory founded and built between the years 1166 and 1169 by Donald O'Brien, king of Limerick
*Inishdadroum ('the island of the two backs'), of two ancient churches, in one of which St. Brendan of Kerry ministered
*Low Island on which is one of those cairns called 'Dhiarmuid and Graunia's bed,' remarkable in bardic tradition and folk-lore. The Celtic legend is, that Dhiarmunid, a young chieftain, fled with Graunia, the affianced wife of the aged Fionn Mac Cumhal, who were pursued by Finn and his warriors, sleeping each night in a different place under a stone structure hastily erected by Dhiarmuid.

External links

*http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/directories/guys1893/intro.htm
*http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/places/deer_island1.htm
*http://www.btinternet.com/~franco.ferrero/Oileain.htm
*http://www.limerickcorp.ie/applications/general/museum_details.aspx?RowID=24537

Further reading

Census 96, Vol. 1, Population Classified by Area (Dublin 1997).


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