Eyrecourt, historically known as Donanaghta, is a village in County Galway, Ireland. It is on the R356 regional road 12 km west of the Banagher bridge over the River Shannon. Eyrecourt is situated 4½ km northwest of Big Island.

Rathcabbin

Locality

Rathcabbin, often Rathcabban, is a village and electoral district in the northernmost part of County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located off the R489 regional road between Portumna, County Galway and Birr, County Offaly. Rathcabbin is situated 7 km southeast of Big Island.

Banagher

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Banagher is a town at the western edge of County Offaly on the banks of the River Shannon. In Irish it's Beannchar na Sionna, "the place of the pointed rocks on the Shannon" - the river is shallow so it can be forded and is less flood-prone, but it's a block to navigation.

Big Island

Type: Island
Category: landform
Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.16417° or 53° 9′ 51″ north

Longitude

-8.09861° or 8° 5′ 55″ west

Elevation

32 metres (105 feet)

Open location code

9C5H5W72+MH

GeoNames ID

3313182

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Irish: “An tOileán Mór”

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