Teampall Chaoimháin

Inisheer


Named for Inisheer's patron saint, who is buried close by, the roofless 10th-century Church of St Kevin and its small cemetery perch on a tiny bluff near the Strand. On the eve of St Kevin's 14 June feast day, a Mass is held here in the open air at 9pm. The sick sleep here for a night hoping to be healed.


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1. O'Brien's Castle

0.26 MILES

Built in the 14th century on the island's highest point, this tower house was constructed within the remains of a ring fort called Dún Formna, dating from…

2. Cill Ghobnait

0.65 MILES

This tiny 9th-century church is named after St Gobnait (locally spelt Ghobnait), who fled here from Clare to escape a family feud. Gobnait is the patron…

3. Áras Éanna

0.7 MILES

Inisheer's large community arts centre sits out on an exposed stretch of the northern side of the island and hosts visiting artist events, cultural…

4. Plassy

0.71 MILES

A steam trawler launched in 1940, the Plassy was thrown on to the rocks on 8 March 1960 and driven on to the island a couple of weeks later after another…

5. Well of Enda

1.35 MILES

Some locals still carry out a pilgrimage known as the Turas to the Well of Enda (also known as Éinne or Endeus), a bubbling spring in a remote rocky…

6. Cill Cheannannach

2.81 MILES

On the eastern coastline, look out for the 8th-century Cill Cheannannach church ruins.

7. Dún Fearbhaigh

2.98 MILES

The well-preserved ruins of this stone fort are 200m west of the Cill Cheannannach church ruins; the fort similarly dates from around the 8th century.