placenamesInishannon
Inis Eonáin
Lewis distinguished existing navigation from canal and railway proposals in 1837.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
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Recorded forms
- Inis Eonáin · Irish · main form · validated name
- Inishannon · English · main form
Place & story
Different boats reached different points
Samuel Lewis described the Bandon River as navigable to Colliers’ quay by vessels of 200 tons’ burden in 1837, while lighters could continue into Innishannon town. This was a distinction between vessels and their destinations, rather than a claim that large ships reached the town itself. A six-arched bridge carried the new road across the river. [2]
Proposals beyond the existing river route
A canal towards Bandon had recently been contemplated, and a railway to Bantry was under consideration when Lewis wrote. His account records proposals, rather than completed transport links. Separately, he noted indications of copper within the parish but stated that no attempt had been made to work it. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Carbery East (E.D.)
- Barony
- Kinalea
- Coordinates
- 51.77302, -8.64747
- Mapped area
- 29.29 km²
- Logainm ID
- 589 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Inishannon. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Innishannon — A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837), transcription at Fáilte Romhat · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.