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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Paddy / Wild Irish Walks; individual photographer not separately named, wildirishwalks.ie
- Eskerroe, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Furmina Castle (in ruins)Castle, hall-house · 3 ydExplorer Tom Furmina Castle in Inis Oírr is a hall-house that's seen better centuries. It's basically a giant box where people used…
IndicatedFairy fort / stone ringfort · 15 ydExplorer Tom Fairy fort or stone ringfort in Inis Oírr is Dún Formna, and it’s been restored so much it looks like a fancy day spa.…
signal tower148 ydExplorer Tom Signal tower in Inisheer has a superstition that locals swear by if you wave at it wrong. It’s dressed limestone and…
Páirc Peil Inis Oírr, clg Oileáin ÁrannGAA ground · 340 yd
St. Cavans ChurchChurch · 438 ydExplorer Tom St. Cavans Church on Inis Oírr ended up in the wrong place because someone misread the map badly. It has a sacristy…
Lár na TráBeach / strand · 466 ydExplorer Tom Lár na Trá has a local superstition that says if you blink three times, the tide will take your left shoe as payment. I…
Cnoc RaithníHeritage attraction · 467 ydExplorer Tom A short stroll from the pier on Inis Oírr brings you to Cnoc Raithní, a low stone mound with a rather outrageous talent…
Creggankeel FortFairy fort / stone ringfort · 585 ydExplorer Tom Creggankeel Fort on Inis Oírr was nearly sold for a horse in a very bad bet. The wall is two and a half meters high…
Port na CilleBeach / strand · 662 ydExplorer Tom Port na Cille is a small named beach on Inis Oírr, close to the island's lanes and old stone landmarks rather than a…
Cill GhobnaitHeritage attraction · 872 ydExplorer Tom Cill Ghobnait is a tiny ruined church on Inis Oírr, west of the pier, but do not let its size fool you: the Aran…
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Inis OírrIsland · 930 ydExplorer Tom I would bring a calendar to Inis Oírr, then promptly lose track of the centuries. Inis Oírr may be the smallest Aran…
Gob na CoraHeadland · 1483 ydExplorer Tom Gob na Cora is where a cow tried to buy the whole headland with a single apple, and I think it worked. It’s doing that…
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