Native name: Inis Mór | |
|---|---|
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Church_Island_sunset.jpg) Sunset at Church Island | |
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Island_of_Ireland_relief_location_map.png)  Church Island | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Lough Gill |
| Coordinates | 54°15′06″N 8°23′28″W / 54.251791°N 8.390983°W |
| Area | 0.17 km2 (0.066 sq mi) |
| Administration | |
Ireland | |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | Sligo |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Church_on_Church_Island,_Sligo.jpg) Church on Church Island | |
| Official name | Church Island |
| Reference no. | 118[1] |
Church Island (Irish: Inis Mór, "big island") is one of 23 islands on Lough Gill, situated in the northwest of Ireland.[2][3]
It is the largest island on the lake and is named after a monastery that was founded there in the 6th Century by Saint Lommán of Trim.
- ^ "National Monuments of County Sligo in State Care" (PDF). heritageireland.ie. National Monument Service. p. 1. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- ^ "Holdings: Church Island, or Inismore, Lough Gill, County..." Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ "Church island (inismore), County Sligo".