
What is recorded here
Inis Gluaire is a small island in Broadhaven Bay, County Mayo, marked by an enclosure that likely bounded an early Christian monastery. Tradition links the place to Saint Brendan of Clonfert and the Children of Lir, giving its quiet waters a charge of transformation and exile. The enclosure still stands as the clearest evidence that people once drew a line around the island, treating its few acres as ground set apart from ordinary life.
Inis Gluaire is recorded as a island in County Mayo. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
Inis Gluaire is a small island located off the coast of County Mayo, Ireland, historically associated with early Christian monastic activity in the region. It is notable for its connection to Saint Gluaire, a 7th-century monk and hermit who is said to have lived there, contributing to its significance in local religious and cultural heritage.
Places near here
Inishglora Monastic SiteArchaeological place · 622 yd
Enclosure in Inis GluaireEnclosure · 629 yd
Inis CaorachIslet · 1335 yd
Trá na CroiseBeach / strand · 1.5 mi
Ceann an EanaighHeadland · 2.3 mi
Trá Bhéal DoireBeach / strand · 2.6 mi
Bawn in Tearmann CaithreachBawn · 3.7 mi
Barranagh Castle in RuinsCastle, unclassified · 3.8 mi
Dún na mBó BlowholeHeritage attraction · 4.2 mi
Oileán BearanachIslet · 4.8 miOther information
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