
What is recorded here
Holy island is an islet in County Leitrim, Ireland. Perhaps water filled the valley and left the island behind. Maybe people walked to the islet when the lake was shallow. Imagine a woman carrying a clay jar across the drowned field.
Holy island is recorded as a islet in County Leitrim. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
Holy Island is a small islet in Lough Cullin, County Leitrim, traditionally associated with early Christian monastic activity. It is notable for its possible connection to Saint Feichin, a 7th-century monk, and for the ruins of a 19th-century church and cemetery that reflect its religious and cultural significance.
Places near here
Spiranthes IslandsIslet · 323 yd
IndicatedFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 798 yd
Sweat House (in Ruins)Sweathouse · 1594 yd
Murhaun R. C. ChapelChurch · 1.1 mi
Drumshanbo Railway Stationstore/warehouse · 1.1 mi
"Jenny's Island"Islet · 1.2 mi
GubcormonganHeadland · 2.4 mi
Rocking StoneNamed rock · 2.8 mi
Derreenargan WoodWood · 2.9 mi
Lough AllenLarge freshwater lake · 2.9 mi
Turlough O'CarolanMemorial · 3.6 miOther information
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