Church Island (Lough Gill)

Church Island
Native name:
Inis Mór
Sunset at Church Island
Church Island is located in island of Ireland
Church Island
Church Island
Geography
LocationLough Gill
Coordinates54°15′06″N 8°23′28″W / 54.251791°N 8.390983°W / 54.251791; -8.390983
Area0.17 km2 (0.066 sq mi)
Administration
Ireland
ProvinceConnacht
CountySligo
Demographics
Population0
Church on Church Island
Official nameChurch Island
Reference no.118[1]

Church Island (Irish: Inis Mór, "big island") is one of 23 islands on Lough Gill, situated in the northwest of Ireland.[2][3]

It is the largest island on the lake and is named after a monastery that was founded there in the 6th Century by Saint Lommán of Trim.

  1. ^ "National Monuments of County Sligo in State Care" (PDF). heritageireland.ie. National Monument Service. p. 1. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Holdings: Church Island, or Inismore, Lough Gill, County..." Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Church island (inismore), County Sligo".

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