Clare Island
Clare Island, also historically Inishcleer, is a mountainous island guarding the entrance to Clew Bay in County Mayo, Ireland. Historically part of the kingdom of Umhaill, it is famous as the home of the 16th century pirate queen Gráinne O'Malley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Clare Island Abbey and Knockmore.
Clare Island Abbey
Church
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Clare Island Abbey, officially St. Brigid's Abbey, is a former Cistercian monastery and National Monument located in Clare Island, County Mayo, Ireland.
Knockmore
Peak
Photo: Ire2500, Public domain.
Knockmore is a mountain on Clare Island off the coast of County Mayo, Ireland.
Granuaile’s Castle
Ruins
Photo: Steve Edge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Granuaile's Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in Clare Island, Ireland. Granuaile’s Castle is situated 2½ km east of Clare Island.
Clare Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in County Mayo, Ireland
- Category: landform
- Location: County Mayo, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Clare Island” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Clare uhartea”
- Breton: “Clare Island”
- Breton: “Cliara”
- Catalan: “Illa de Clare”
- Cebuano: “Clare Island”
- Chinese: “克萊爾島”
- Czech: “Clare Island”
- Danish: “Clare Island”
- Dutch: “Clare Island”
- Esperanto: “Insulo Cliara”
- French: “Clare”
- French: “île de Clare”
- French: “Île de Clare”
- German: “Clare Island”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Clare”
- Irish: “Cliara”
- Irish: “Oileán Chliara”
- Italian: “Clare Island”
- Japanese: “クレア島”
- Korean: “클래어 섬”
- Korean: “클래어섬”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Clare Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Clare Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Oileán Chliara”
- Norwegian: “Clare Island”
- Polish: “Clare (wyspa)”
- Polish: “Clare”
- Russian: “Клэр (остров)”
- Russian: “Клэр”
- Swedish: “Clare Island”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Knocknaveen and Alnamarnagh.
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