placenamesKilmore
An Chill Mhór
The offshore townland belongs to Kilmore civil parish and combines an unusual personal monument with an important breeding landscape.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
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Recorded forms
- An Chill Mhór · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Kilmore · English · main form
Place & story
Michael Neale’s island monument
Great Saltee’s inscribed limestone throne was installed in 1956 by Michael Neale, who styled himself Prince of the Saltees. Five steps lead up to its rocky setting. The architectural inventory connects the monument with his stated childhood ambition to own the islands. The title was self-adopted: the surviving structure is recorded as a twentieth-century folly, rather than evidence of an ancient island monarchy. [2]
Protecting the nesting grounds
In 2025 the National Parks and Wildlife Service appointed seabird wardens on Great Saltee for the first time, with the project running from May to August. Visitors were guided away from sensitive puffin and gannet nesting areas through advice and signage. The service explained that disturbance could obstruct puffin burrows and interfere with breeding. Its announcement records a new form of island stewardship responding to increasing visitor pressure on the colonies. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilmore. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Great Saltee limestone throne, NIAH15705102 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- New conservation project to protect nesting seabirds on Great Saltee,1August2025 · National Parks and Wildlife Service
- The headland and spring flowers on Great Saltee, County Wexford, as photographed in May 2010 illustration: based on a Great Saltee by kevin higgins. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.