Aran Inishmore

Connemara

Inisheer

Inishmaan

Elsewhere in Galway

Croaghnakeela Island

County Galway Connemara


The next island up from Mason and St Macdara’s islands had a considerable settlement from the early Christian period. St Caolann (Coelan), a monk from Holy island in the Shannon may have been the founder. There is an Oratory and Well.

OS: 44 688 323 marked

see: Anthony Previte A Guide to Connemara’s Early Christian Sites Oldchapel press 2008 (with photos)


Remains of early ecclesiastical settlement on Croaghnakeela Island
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