placenamesSherky Island
Oileán Seirce
Sherky Island is a townland in Kerry. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationSherky Island51.78957° N · 9.90166° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place 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 Seirce · Irish · main form
- Sherky Island · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Kerry
- Barony
- Dunkerron South
- Civil parish
- Kilcrohane
- Coordinates
- 51.78957, -9.90166
- Mapped area
- 0.35 km²
- Logainm ID
- 22909 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Sherky 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 2021-04-23. How this page was prepared.