Islands in County Cavan
The Discover Alone map has 55 islands in County Cavan, Ireland. Below are the 50 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.
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Tuam IslandIsletHalf-hidden beneath grass and time, a forty-metre ring of earth still marks the summit of Tuam Island, its bank and…
Stony IslandsIsletThirty-five hundred years of rain fell on Stony Islands before anyone wrote its name. Men drove timber into Lough…
Stony IslandIsletStony Island is an islet in County Cavan, Ireland. Perhaps water closed the gap between land and sky, leaving a small…
Small IslandIslandCloughoughter Castle stands as a ruined circular fortress on a small island in Lough Oughter, built by the de Lacy…
Scrabby IslandIsletScrabby Island is an islet in County Cavan, Ireland. Perhaps water retired from it during summer, revealing a chamber…
Sally IslandIsletSally Island is an islet in County Cavan, Ireland. Perhaps water stripped the land until only a small stone ridge…
Ryefield Sand BankIsletRyefield Sand Bank is a islet in County Cavan. It may have appeared only after heavy rain or vanished before winter…
Ryefield IslandIsletRyefield Island is a small islet in County Cavan, Ireland. The name suggests a place where grain once grew or rye still…
Red IslandIsletRed Island is an islet in County Cavan, Ireland. Perhaps the islet is a red stone in the green bowl of Cavan, small…
Porters IslandIsletPorters Island is an islet in County Cavan, Ireland. Perhaps water stripped the land until only this small stone…
Knocknagartan NorthIsletKnocknagartan North is a small islet in County Cavan, Ireland. The open map record names it without further…
Kilmacaran IslandIsletKilmacaran Island is a small islet in County Cavan, Ireland. It is the kind of place that does not need to be large to…
IslandboyIsletIslandboy is an islet in County Cavan, Ireland. Perhaps the boy in the name is a metaphor for the shape of the rock…
InishmuckIslandInishmuck, the island of the pigs, still holds a crannog in the shallow lakelands of County Cavan. People may have…
Inch IslandIsletHalf a century of mapping has watched the fort shrink from a hundred metres to a bare field mark, yet the ditch and…
Green IslandIslandGreen Island is an island in County Cavan, Ireland. Perhaps water stripped the land until this last green ridge…
Georges IslandsIsletGeorges Islands is a small islet in County Cavan, Ireland, where fresh water still touches land and memory. The name…
Fort Frederick IslandsIsletFort Frederick Islands is a small islet in County Cavan, Ireland. The name suggests a forgotten military or…
Duck IslandIslandDuck Island is an island in County Cavan, Ireland. Perhaps water stripped the land until this last stone emerged…
Dinner IslandIsletDinner Island is an islet in County Cavan, Ireland. Perhaps the name hints at a forgotten meal shared by travellers…
Crow IslandIsletCrow Island is an islet in County Cavan, Ireland. Perhaps crows still argue on its stones while people forget the name.…
Crossafehin IslandsIsletTwo small islands sit sixty metres apart in a sheltered bay on Lough Ramor, and one holds a two-metre mound that still…
Crane IslandIsletCrane Island is a crannog in Lough Ramor, County Cavan, where a central mound rises three metres above the water after…
Crane IslandIsletCrane Island is a crannog in Lough Ramor, County Cavan, where centuries of living may have piled into its central…
Cow and Knockatemple IslandIsletKnockatemple Island still floats in County Cavan waters, a small rim of land beside the larger Cow formation. The name…
Corronagh Sand BankIsletCorronagh Sand Bank is a islet in County Cavan. It may have been a place of safety or danger, depending on the depth of…
Corlea Island NorthIsletCorlea Island North is a small islet in County Cavan, Ireland. It is the kind of place that resists description because…
Cock IslandIsletCock Island is a crannog in Lough Ramor, County Cavan, where people built or shaped an island to keep a home above…
Buck IslandIsletBuck Island is an islet in County Cavan, Ireland. Perhaps water stripped the land until only a small ridge remained…
Behernagh IslandIsletBehernagh Island is a tiny islet in County Cavan, Ireland, where the land pulls back and the water takes the lead. Its…
Baron's IslandIsletBaron's Island is an islet in County Cavan, Ireland. Perhaps water stripped the rock to a knife edge while men forgot…
Ballaghanea IslandIsletBallaghanea Island is a small islet in Lough Ramor, County Cavan, reached by a shallow ford when the water permits.…
Corlea Island SouthIsletCorlea Island South is a small islet in County Cavan, Ireland. It is the kind of place that appears on maps but resists…
Ballaghanea Island SouthIsletBallaghanea Island South is a small islet in County Cavan, Ireland. It is the southern part of a divided island name…
Garden IsleIsletGarden Isle is an islet in County Cavan, Ireland. Perhaps the islet is a forgotten garden where seeds still grow…
Sporting RockIsletSporting Rock is an islet in County Cavan, Ireland. Perhaps water stripped it to a marble knob where ducks still circle…
Bush IslandIsletBush Island is an islet in County Cavan, Ireland. Perhaps water stripped the land until only a stubborn ridge remained…Wall IslandIsletWall Island is an islet in County Cavan, Ireland. Perhaps water stripped the island to a rib of stone and memory. Maybe…
Sand BankIsletSand Bank is an islet in County Cavan, Ireland. Perhaps water erased its edges while people remembered the shape. Maybe…
Sloe IslandIsletSloe Island is an islet in County Cavan, Ireland. Perhaps water stripped it to a rock ledge where herons still drop…
Watty's RocksIsletWatty's Rocks is an islet in County Cavan, Ireland. Perhaps water stripped the rock to a knife edge while men forgot…
Woodworth's IslandIsletWoodworth's Island is a small islet in County Cavan, Ireland. It is the kind of place that appears on maps but resists…
Saint Mogue's IslandIsletSaint Mogue's Island is a small islet in County Cavan, Ireland. It is the kind of place where water keeps more than…
Corronagh IslandsIsletCorronagh Islands is a small islet in County Cavan, Ireland. The place is a quiet marker of the local landscape, the…
Garrets IslandIsletGarrets Island is an islet in County Cavan, Ireland. Maybe the islet holds a chamber where forgotten names still echo…
Sallow IslandIsletSallow Island is an islet in County Cavan, Ireland. Maybe water filled the valley and drowned the field, leaving only…- StonesIsletStones is an islet in County Cavan, Ireland. Perhaps water stripped it to bare rock and men saw a skull or altar in the…
- Port IslandIsletHalf a kilometre from the Cavan shore, Port Island rises from Lough Macnean as a green knot of rock and forgotten…
- Illanakirka IslandIsletIllanakirka Island is a small islet in County Cavan, Ireland. It is the kind of place that resists memory, appearing…
- IllanagreeveIsletIllanagreeve is an islet in County Cavan, Ireland. Perhaps water stripped the land until only this stubborn chip…