
What is recorded here
Pigeon Island is a small islet in County Roscommon, Ireland. It may have served as a quiet place to keep birds or a hidden spot for people who wanted distance from the main land. The name suggests pigeons, flight and patience, while the water around it adds solitude and change.
Pigeon Island is recorded as a islet in County Roscommon. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
Pigeon Island is a small islet located in Lough Corrib, County Roscommon, historically associated with the ancient kingdom of Uí Maine. It is notable as the site of a 7th-century monastic settlement founded by St. Jarlath, making it an important early Christian center in Ireland.
Places near here
Historic buildingOfficially recorded historic building · 825 yd
Mount Carmelhouse · 826 yd
Rabbit IslandIslet · 1.1 mi
Inchmurrin or Rabbit IslandIslet · 1.3 mi
PlatformPlatform, peatland · 2.0 mi
Coarse IslandForest · 3.2 mi
OratoryCastle, tower house · 4.5 mi
St. Barry's WellSpring · 4.6 mi
Western HemlockWestern Hemlock · 4.7 mi
CastleCastle, unclassified · 4.7 miOther information
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