Inis Cealtra
Inis Cealtra, also known in English as Inishcaltra or Holy Island, is an island off the western shore of Lough Derg in Ireland. Now uninhabited, it was once a monastic settlement.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Lough Derg, Ireland
- Also known as: “Holy Island”, “Inishcaltra”, and “Inishcaltra or Holy Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Inishcaltra Early Medieval Ecclesiastical Site.
Inishcaltra Early Medieval Ecclesiastical Site
Archaeological site
Photo: Cliodhnaoleary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Inishcaltra Early Medieval Ecclesiastical Site is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mountshannon and Scarriff.
Mountshannon
Village
Photo: Adie Jackson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mountshannon is a village in east County Clare, Ireland. It is part of the civil parish of Inishcaltra. The village is on the western shore of Lough Derg, north of Killaloe. Mountshannon won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 1981.
Scarriff
Village
Photo: Dark-Fire, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Scarriff or Scariff is a large village in east County Clare, in the midwest of Ireland. The town is on the west end of Lough Derg and is best known for its harbour. Scarriff is situated 5 km west of Inis Cealtra.
Tuamgraney
Village
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tuamgraney is a village in eastern County Clare in the west of Ireland and a civil parish by the same name. Situated about a kilometre from the River Graney which flows into Lough Derg, it is an ancient settlement, noted for St Cronán's Church, said to be the oldest church in constant use in Ireland. Tuamgraney is situated 6 km west of Inis Cealtra.
Inis Cealtra
- Categories: island, locality, and landform
- Location: County Clare, Munster, Shannon Region, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.91544° or 52° 54′ 56″ northLongitude
-8.4503° or 8° 27′ 1″ westElevation
32 metres (105 feet)Open location code
9C4HWG8X+5VOpenStreetMap ID
way 34752926OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Inis Cealtra” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Holy Island”
- Dutch: “Inis Cealtra”
- German: “Holy Island”
- Irish: “Inis Cealtra”
- Japanese: “イニス・シートラ”
- Japanese: “イニッシ・ケアルトラ”
- Russian: “Холи-Айленд”
- Swedish: “Holy Island, Irland”
- Swedish: “Holy Island”
- Welsh: “Inis Cealtra”
Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Saint Michael’s Church and Saint Brigid’s Church.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Inis Cealtra”. Photo: Deadstar, CC BY-SA 3.0.