Inisheer
Inis Óirr or Inisheer is the smallest and most easterly of the Aran Islands of County Galway in the west of Ireland. It's only 10 km from the Cliffs of Moher on the mainland coast of County Clare, and is formed of the same bare limestone as the Burren.Places of Interest
Highlights include Creggankeel Fort and O’Brien’s Castle.
Creggankeel Fort
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Creggankeel Fort is a stone fort and National Monument located on the island of Inisheer, Ireland. It also contains a later Christian site, the Grave of the Seven Daughters.
O’Brien’s Castle
Ruins
Photo: Laurel Lodged, CC BY-SA 3.0.
O'Brien's Castle, also called Furmina Castle, is an early 15th century tower house and National Monument located on Inisheer, Ireland.
Inisheer
- Type: Island
- Category: landform
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.05757° or 53° 3′ 27″ northLongitude
-9.52714° or 9° 31′ 38″ westElevation
52 metres (171 feet)Open location code
9C5G3F5F+24GeoNames ID
2963651
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikivoyage.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Inisheer from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Inisheer” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Inisheer”
- Breton: “Inis Oírr”
- Bulgarian: “Инишер”
- Catalan: “Inis Oírr”
- Cebuano: “Inisheer”
- Chinese: “伊尼希爾島”
- Dutch: “Inis Oírr”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اينيشير”
- Esperanto: “Inis Oírr”
- Finnish: “Inis Oírr”
- French: “Inis Oírr”
- Galician: “Inis Oírr”
- German: “Inisheer”
- Hebrew: “אינישיר”
- Indonesian: “Inisheer”
- Irish: “Inis Oírr”
- Italian: “Inis Oírr”
- Japanese: “イニシィア島”
- Low German: “Inisheer”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Inisheer”
- Persian: “اینیشیر”
- Polish: “Inis Oírr”
- Russian: “Инишир”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Inis Oirthir”
- Swedish: “Inisheer”
- Turkish: “Inisheer”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Inisheer”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Baile an tSéipéil and Baile an Chaisleáin.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Inisheer Lighthouse and Inisheer Aerodrome.
County Galway: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Galway, Tuam, Inis Mór, and Athenry.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.