Information about Hare Island

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Hare Island
Irish Form of Name:
Translation:
Civil Parish:
Clonrush
View all place names in this civil parish.
Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Hare Island
Hare Island B. S. Sketch
Hare Island Counsellor Reid
Hare Island John Burke, Esq.
Hare Island Larkin’s County Map
Hare Island Mr. Mulloy
Hare Island Rev. H. B. Hulett
Description:
A small island belonging to Meelick townand. It does not represent any peculiar appearance and appears to have derived this name by hares frequenting it at the time of first___.
Situation:
In Lough Derg about 5 chains south of Farrohill point about 2¼ miles S. S.E. of Whitegate.

Townland Information

What is a townland?:
A townland is one of the smallest land divisions in Ireland. They range in size from a few acres to thousands of acres. Many are Gaelic in origin, but some came into existence after the Norman invasion of 1169
Townland:
Hare Island is in Meelick townland.

Information From Maps

Original OS maps at the Ordnance Survey of Ireland website.
(Click on place name to view original map in new window.)
This link is not a link to the townland that you are currently researching; however, if you follow this link, you will see a search box near the top of the page which you can use to search for your townland.
Having followed this link, you will see several expandable links - each link has a plus sign on its left - on the top left of the page. Expand 'Base Information and Mapping'. Now it is possible to select the maps that you wish to view by clicking on the checkbox that is on the left of each map; this list includes the original Ordnance Survey maps.
You can select more than one map and you can use a slider to make one map more transparent than another. This allows you to view what features were present or absent at different points in time.
(This map will display in a new window.)
Hare Island
Information from the National Monuments Service.
(This information will display in a new window.):
You can use this link to view a map of archaelogical features.
This link brings you to a website wherein you will have to search for your townland.
Archaeological map from the National Monuments Service
If you notice any inaccuracies with any of the above, please e-mail us.
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