Oileán an Anama, islet in County Galway

What is recorded here

Map note: Oileán an Anama, an islet, is mapped in County Galway, Ireland. An island name can fire the imagination; the map fixes the spot.

Oileán an Anama is recorded as an islet in County Galway.

Photo credits

Explorer Tom The holy well in An Máimín would post 'just vibing by the sea' on social media, but it’s actually just a pothole with…

Explorer Tom Graveyard in An Máimín insists you must whistle backwards or a local superstition will curse your luck for a week.…

Explorer Tom Fairy fort / stone ringfort in An Máimín is sitting on an artificial island near the shore, looking deeply unbothered.…

Explorer Tom Graveyard in Tír An Fhia had a fox take full charge of the headstones last winter, rearranging them for fun. It looks…

Explorer Tom I suspect this Mapped Cemetery in County Galway ended up in the wrong place because a very drunk surveyor misread his…

Explorer Tom Séipéal Réalt na Mara in Lettermullan was run by a matchmaker who knew every secret in the village. The campanile looks…

Explorer Tom Gorumna makes you work out whether you are still on the mainland, and I am happy to get that question wrong for a…

Explorer Tom Leitir Mealláin is an island you can reach by road, which lets me boast about island travel without asking anyone for a…

Explorer Tom Holy well in Tír An Fhia is shaped like the letter P when viewed from the north. Apparently, if you squint hard enough…

Explorer Tom Séipéal Tír an Fhia is a roofless shell that looks like God left it half-built to see if anyone would care. It was…

Explorer Tom Holy well in Fornais is another Tobar Cholmcille, just south of an inlet with a very long name. It’s basically a…

Explorer Tom Trá an Dóilín has been changing its name so often that even the Google Maps team have given up on keeping track of it.…