BROWSE
island or archipelago
An tOileán Mór
genitive: an Oileáin Mhóir
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Bear Island
(English)

Other names

Bere Island
local name (What is this?)
(English)

Glossary

English great, big
English island

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    An tOileán Mór ‘the big island’

  • English

    An tOileán Mór ‘the big island’

Centrepoint

51.6336, -9.87786latitude, longitude
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Properties

POThere is or was once a post office here

Archival records

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Historical references

c1558
insula magna or Greate Island
... Inisgaragy
Dinnseanchas Imleabhar: 6, Leathanach: 125
1571
Great Iland
Lythe (Mounster)
1601
Great Island
F Alt: 6511
1977
Bear Island or Oileán Mór
M. Mac Cárthaigh
Dinnseanchas Imleabhar: 6, Leathanach: 125

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