What is recorded here
Oileán Chaisín is a small islet located off the coast of County Galway, historically associated with the broader network of islands and sea routes used by early Irish monastic communities. While specific records of inhabitants are sparse, such islets were often used for hermitage or seasonal habitation by monks in the early medieval period.
Places near here
FornaisIsland · 494 yd
R. C. Chapel (in ruins)Chapel · 1441 yd
Inis EircIslet · 1561 yd
Séipéal Réalt na Mara [Catholic Church of the Star of the Sea]church/chapel · 1688 yd
Ionad Oidhreachta Leitir MealláinMuseum · 1.0 mi
Castle (in ruins)Castle, unclassified · 1.2 mi
Cnoc FionnMountain / peak · 1.6 mi
Holy well in An MáimínHoly well · 1.9 mi
Mass-rock in An MáimínMass-rock · 1.9 mi
An Tóin DubhHeadland · 2.2 mi
Cora na hAirde MóireHeadland · 2.9 mi
Trá na hAille MóireBeach / strand · 3.7 miOther information
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