placenamesMew Island
Oileán na bhFaoileann
Mew Island is a townland in Down. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationMew Island54.69746° N · 5.51378° 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 na bhFaoileann · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Mew Island · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Down
- Barony
- Ards Lower
- Civil parish
- Bangor
- Coordinates
- 54.69746, -5.51378
- Mapped area
- 0.06 km²
- Logainm ID
- 65793 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Mew 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 2019-06-27. How this page was prepared.