placenamesPort Island
Oileán an Phoirt
Port Island is a townland in Galway. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationPort Island53.62081° N · 10.21811° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Approximate recorded location · Logainm.ie
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 an Phoirt · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Port Island · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Galway
- Barony
- Ballynahinch
- Civil parish
- Inishbofin
- Coordinates
- 53.62081, -10.21811 (approximate)
- Mapped area
- 0.11 km²
- Logainm ID
- 18248 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Port Island. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.