placenamesHorse Island
Oileán na gCapall
Horse Island is a townland in Cork. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationHorse Island51.51538° N · 9.46840° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Approximate recorded location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Oileán na gCapall · Irish · main form
- Horse Island · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Carbery West (E.D.)
- Civil parish
- Castlehaven
- Within
- Castlehaven North
- Coordinates
- 51.51538, -9.46840 (approximate)
- Mapped area
- 0.63 km²
- Logainm ID
- 13054 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Horse Island. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2011-05-06. How this page was prepared.