placenamesInch
Inse
A community account recalls the facilities and sporting ambitions that shaped Inch’s twentieth-century tourism.
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
- Inse · Irish · main form
- Inch · English · main form
Place & story
The earlier holiday resort
In a submission to Kerry County Council's 2020–26 local area plan, Inch's tourism and development committee recalled an earlier resort with a hotel, caravan site, guest houses, holiday homes and a beach café. The committee included a brochure from the early 1970s as evidence of that visitor economy. Its account places organised holiday accommodation alongside the strand's better-known film associations. [2]
Golf on the Island
The same community account records a golf course on the sand spit, known locally as the Island, early in the twentieth century. Work on another course began in May 1994. According to the submission, Kerry County Council initially regarded the work as exempted development, but the Office of Public Works subsequently stopped it. The account records a proposed sporting use that did not reach completion. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Inch. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Inch Tourism and Development Committee submission, Historical Context, An Daingean Electoral Area Local Area Plan2020–26 · Inch Tourism and Development Committee, Inch Community Council, hosted by Kerry County Council
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2010-02-11. How this page was prepared.