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Hermitage

Inishshark, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Hermitage, Inishshark, County Galway, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Inishshark
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Ooghleo
Latest-edition OS map
Ooghleo
Coordinates
53.60446, -10.26982
SMR number
GA009D006001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

At the SE end of Inishshark. Named ‘Ooghleo’ on the 1838 edition and 1898 resurvey of the OS 6-inch map, this consists of a steep-sided and dangerous inlet at the end of which there is a small cave, which is associated with St Leo. According to the Ordnance Survey Letters, the saint is said to have spent much of his time in meditation here (O’Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 486). His holy well (GA009D006----) is located on the E side of the inlet.

Compiled by: Olive Alcock

Date of upload: 29 March 2023

References

O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1927 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Galway collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1839. Typescript in 3 vols. Bray.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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