placenamesHare Island
Oileán Rois Mhóir
Hare Island is a townland in Galway. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationHare Island53.25853° N · 9.02489° 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 Rois Mhóir · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Hare Island · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Galway
- Barony
- Galway
- Civil parish
- Saint Nicholas
- Coordinates
- 53.25853, -9.02489 (approximate)
- Mapped area
- 0.02 km²
- Logainm ID
- 18883 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Hare 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.