![]() The bedrock geology of the islands is broadly divided into two groups. Islands such as those at Clew Bay are low-lying, formed when rising sea levels drowned a vast field of drumlins, while others like Clare Island and Achill are characterised by mountains and towering sea-cliffs, of which Croaghaun are the third-highest in Europe, at 688 m (2,257 ft) The geology and geomorphology of the county and its islands is among the most varied and complex in Ireland. ![]() ĭue to its abundance of bays, inlets and offshore islands, Mayo is reputed to have the longest coastline of any county in Ireland, at 1,168 km (726 mi) or approximately 21% of the total coastline of the State. The largest island is Achill, which extends to 148 km 2 (37,000 acres), making it Ireland's largest offshore island. There are over 100 islands which are greater than 10 acres (4.0 ha) in area. Additionally, areas of ecological significance related to both offshore and freshwater islands, designated by the National Parks and Wildlife Service, are also listed.Īlthough County Mayo has hundreds of offshore and freshwater islands, only a handful of islands and island groups are large enough to be distinguishable on a typical map of the county, namely Achill Island, Clare Island and Inishturk, along with the island clusters of Duvillaun, Inishkea, Clew Bay and the major loughs. Included in this list are named offshore and freshwater islands as recorded by Ordnance Survey Ireland or the Placenames Database of Ireland. No ferry.This articles lists the islands of County Mayo, the mainland of which is part of the island of Ireland. Otherwise, kayak from one of several piers that drop southwards from the N59. However, take extreme caution with the returning tide. How to get there: It is possible to walk at low tide to some of the islands on the northside of Clew Bay.There is a ringfort on the minute Inishlim but surprisingly, nothing of archaeological significance, officially at least, has been discovered on Inishtubbrid. In the mid-19th century Griffiths Valuation recorded the names of the people living on the island as follows: Philip McHale, Martin McHale, Myles McHale, Michael Holmes and Thomas Caine. Another house has giant mushrooms which have sprouted like plates from a tree stump. ![]() Outside one house a bower of fuchsia provides cover for cattle. There is an uncanny feeling of human occupation, though it has vanished, while strolling around the island. The maps also show three wells at the shore, and hence the name. There is even the sign on the Ordnance Survey maps of an old boreen winding to the houses attesting to a commerce of sorts. Inishtubbrid is neatly parcelled into about 40 fields, and no doubt all were named back in the day. The by-product had the added use in the making of whitewash and for purifying water. The Ordnance Survey map also depicts a lime kiln where the families would have been able to burn limestone to produce fertiliser for their crops. There are dozens of placenames of townlands and villages and towns with the word ‘tiobraid’ or ‘tubrid’ in them, the most famous being ‘Tipperary’ or ‘Tiobraid Árann’ or ‘Well of the Arra’. The reason for the multiple variations is probably the lack of a standardised method of recording the names and the independent status of the recording bodies. This held sway before the exotic ‘Knocknegoushe’ intervened and then several other versions of the present form returned to dominance. ![]() Other variations of the latter spelling occurred in the 19th century before a version close to its current form was adapted in Innistubbritt. The name mutated by 1635 to Ennishtubbert and the similar Ennistibboret by 1661. Also in that year the island was given the name Inishtubrit according to the Inquisitions of County Mayo. The earliest label, Inishtubberid, dates from 1617 and is an entry in the Westport Estate Papers, which is a collection of records relating to the ownership and management of the largest estate in Co Mayo. The unpopulated island has no fewer than 23 versions of its name recorded on the placenames website logainm.ie. Not quite up to that level, though still with an impressive number of once-alternatives is Inishtubbrid. The Blasket island has at least 33 versions of its name as recorded in the eponymous title by Mícheál Dubhshláine. The record number of variations for an island name in this series so far is Inisvickillane, Co Kerry. ![]()
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