South Connemara - the Islands

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na nOileáin - the Islands

Stamp celebration traditional Connemara boats Plus a detail from the small church on McDara's Island

Poplulation Numbers
Name:
English: Connemara
Irish: Conmaicne Mara - named from a branch of the Conmaicne tribe who lived by the sea
Books:
Connemara - A Little Gaelic Kingdom - Tim Robinsion
Penguin Books - 2011
Setting Foot on the Shores of Connemara & Other Writings - Tim Robinson
Lilliput Press - 1996
The Shores of Connemara - Séamus Mac an Iomaire
Tír Eolas - 2000
Three Men on an Island - James McIntyre
Blackstaff Press - 1996
St. Mac Dara's Church and Island
F. J. Bigger

One inch map and Gazeteer - Tim Robinson
Folding Landscapes - 1990
Na Fonnadóirí - Editor, Risteard Mac Aodha
Cló Iar Chonnachta

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"wide. treeless, houseless undulations, clothed with heather and Purple Moor-grass, so filled with lakes and so intersected by arms of the Atlantic that water entangled in a network of land becomes almost imperceptibly land entangled in a network of water, and only the presence or absence of the mauve Lobelia or the brown seaweed tells whether one is on a lake-shore or on a seashore"
Robert Lloyd Praeger - The Way that I Went

Hookers at Roundstone



A Wider View
Wider view of Connemara Islands
McDara | Mason | Mweenish | Fínis
Population details| West Map | Oileáin Site Map
Oileán Lachan - Duck Island Inis Múscraí - Inishmuskerry Bior Mór - Birmore Island Bior Beag - Birbeg Island Gólam Fraochoileán Mór Fraochoileán Beag An Chnapach Leitir Mealláin Daighinis Fornais Oileán Chaisín Oileán an Arbhair An tOiléan Iatharach Inis Bearachain - Inishbarra Oileán an Anama Loughcarrick Island Oileán na Bó An tOileán Mór Oileán an Phocaide - Puck Island An tOileán Rua Inis an Ghainimh Oileán McDara - Cruach na Cara Oileán na Máisean Oileán Aimhréidh - Avery Island Inis Srathair Roisín an Chalaidh - Rusheenacholla Oileán na Cara Maoínis Fínis Inis Eirc - Inisherk Inis Mhic Cionaith - Inchamakinna Leitir Móir An tOileán Iatharach Theas - Eragh Island Inis Léith - Inishlay An tOileán Ó Thuaidh - North Island An tOileán Garbh - Illaunard Oileán na Circe - Illaunnakirka Cionlaí - Kinnelly Islands Inis Treabhair An Bheitheach - Beaghy Island An Bheitheach Thuaidh - Beaghy North Inis Loiscthe - Inishlusk Oileán na gGeabhróg - Illaungurraig Laidhean - Leighon Island Eanach Mheáin An tOileán Iatharach Thiar - Illauneeragh West An tOileéan Mór Rua Oileán An Cró - Crow Island Glasoileáin An tOileán Rua An Ros - Rossroe Island Population Table and Graphics