placenamesHorse Island
Oileán an Chapaill
Horse Island is a townland in Mayo. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationHorse Island53.68307° N · 9.23928° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place 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 Chapaill · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Horse Island · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Mayo
- Barony
- Carra
- Civil parish
- Burriscarra
- Coordinates
- 53.68307, -9.23928
- Mapped area
- 0.01 km²
- Logainm ID
- 34794 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Horse 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.