placenamesGoats Island
Oileán na nGabhar
Goats Island is a townland in Sligo. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationGoats Island54.24252° N · 8.41355° 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 na nGabhar · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Goats Island · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Sligo
- Barony
- Carbury
- Civil parish
- Saint John's
- Coordinates
- 54.24252, -8.41355
- Mapped area
- 0 km²
- Logainm ID
- 44986 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Goats 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.