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Inis Oírr
1. Caislean Uí Bhriain & Dun Formna
2. Teampall Chaomháin
3. An Trá - This beautiful, clean beach is a major attraction
4. Loch Mór - Fresh water lake - wonderful wildfowl
5. Tobar Éinne
6. Cill Ghobnait
7. Cnoc Raithni
8. An Plassey
Flora & Fauna
Inisheer shares the same rich plant and flora species as the famous Burren region in Co. Clare. The island also has rich examples of ornithology, botany and marinology.
Inis Oírr is the smallest of the three islands. The island is approx. two miles by two miles. The population of Inis Oírr is approx 275 plus.
Leisure
Inis Oírr has three pubs including the hotel pub, music is available during the summer montyhs. Céilí dancing is also organised in tyhe local hall. Inis Oírr has an island museum and a craft shop which is open daily. There is usually a festival in August of each year, which consists of currach racing, and other enjoyable activities.
Historical Sites and Sites of Interest
Caislean Ui Bhriain and Dun Fhormna:
The castle is a three storey tower house probably built by the O'Brien family who owned the island up to 1585. It is built within a cashel perhaps dating to the early centuries A.D.
Cill Ghobnait:
This small (8th or 9th Century?) church, nestling against a protective cliff, is dedicated to Saint Gobnet of Ballyvourney in Co. Cork, who is believed to have fled to Inis Oírr for safety from enemies on the mainland.
Teampall Chaomhain Caomhan:
This is the patron saint of Inis Oírr and his festival is celebrated on the 14th of June each year. The church ruins dating from the 10th - 14th centuries were buried under the ever-blowing sand, and has to be dug out regularly. At the graveyard entrance, the mass of shells is a kitchen of early Christian or Medieval date.
Tobar Einne:
The holy well of St. Enda, the patron saint of Inis Mór, who is reputed to have lived in a clochán (beehive hut) nearby, of which hardly anything now remains. This well is greatly revered by the islanders.
The Plassey Wreck:
In a dramatic demonstration of the power of the Atlantic Storms, the Plassey which was wrecked in 1960 (without loss of life) on tyhe Carraig na Finnise reef, was later thrown up on the rocks well above high tide mark.
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