island or archipelago
Oileán an Teampaill
genitive: Oileán an Teampaill
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Church Island
(English)

Other names

Inis Uasail
genitive: Inis Uasail
historical name (What is this?)
(Irish)

Glossary

inis, inse
English island; river meadow
English island
English church

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    Inis Uasail (1418, Reg. Supplicationum); Inishouele (sic) Vis. TCD MS V.1.14 K. Nicholls, JRSAI 101 (1997) 84.

Properties

GGaeltacht

Archival records

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Historical references

1058
Inis Ausail
'Anmchad Hua Dunch[ad]a, ánchara Dé,quieuit i ...'
AIF Leathanach: 218, Alt: 7
1735
Innishvosill
CGn. Imleabhar: 80, Leathanach: 281, Uimhir: 55858
1808
Inisuosill
CGn. Imleabhar: 598, Leathanach: 34, Uimhir: 405774
1841
Oilean a Teampuill or Church Island
LSO (Ci) Leathanach: 70/143
1841
sometimes called Inis Uasal i.e. the noble island
LSO (Ci) Leathanach: 72/149, Údar: OD
1925c
Oileán a' Teampaill
Béal. Imleabhar: XXIX, Leathanach: 92

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