What is recorded here

Clare Island is a mountainous guard at the mouth of Clew Bay where one hundred and thirty-eight people still live beside the ruins of Granuaile's Castle. The O'Malley family ruled this remote rock through the Middle Ages, and their fierce legacy survives in the abbey tomb that may hold Gráinne O'Malley and the memory of Spanish soldiers killed after their ship wrecked in 1588. The old lighthouse tower, damaged by fire and lightning before becoming a guesthouse, watches the same churning water that tested every vessel seeking the bay.

Clare Island is recorded as a island in County Mayo. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.

Clare Island is part of the Clare Island Group in County Mayo, Ireland, and has a long history of human settlement, including evidence of early Christian monastic activity and medieval habitation. Notable for its rich archaeological heritage and the Clare Island Survey, a pioneering interdisciplinary study conducted in the early 20th century, the island remains a significant site for historical and environmental research.