placenamesInishcaltra or Holy Island
Inis Cealtra
Inishcaltra or Holy Island is a townland in Clare. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationInishcaltra or Holy Island52.91508° N · 8.44952° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Approximate recorded 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
- Inis Cealtra · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Inishcaltra or Holy Island · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Clare
- Barony
- Leitrim
- Civil parish
- Inishcaltra
- Coordinates
- 52.91508, -8.44952 (approximate)
- Mapped area
- 0.19 km²
- Logainm ID
- 7702 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Inishcaltra or Holy Island. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-01-26. How this page was prepared.