Islands in the Shannon

the drifter

Was looking at google maps recently and there appears to be a number of small islands in the shannon around the Limerick area

http://www.google.ie/maps?ll=52.683043,-8.794212&spn=0.049119,0.135269&t=h&z=13

Does anyone have any info on these? any of the ever inhabited?

Google does not give much info

kilburn

There is one down near foynes/glin remember reading about it in the limerick leader the other week, one family lives on it and they were in negotiations with the new river plane company

the drifter

only one i can think of out that way is foynes island itself

JerryHandbag

Never knew Foynes island was inhabited....must be nice to pop down to the shops in your boat

As far as I know there is two houses on Foynes island and a few industrial silos but I don't think anyone has lived on it for a number of years.

wingnut

At the mouth of the Raite there is Johnny Green's Island. There is the ruin of a house there and used to be inhabited.

Kess73

the drifter wrote: »

only one i can think of out that way is foynes island itself

There are a number of small islands in the Shannon estuary. Foynes Island is probably the most obvious in terms of one that has folk living on it.

There is one not far from Limerick (close to where the Shannon passes Bunratty) that was for sale not to long ago that had it's own little pier.

the drifter

Kess73 wrote: »

There are a number of small islands in the Shannon estuary. Foynes Island is probably the most obvious in terms of one that has folk living on it.

There is one not far from Limerick (close to where the Shannon passes Bunratty) that was for sale not to long ago that had it's own little pier.

Seen that....sold for the price of a 3 bedroom semi in a well too do area during the boom years...

id much prefer my own island than a 3 bedroom semi

I must get round to visiting some one them

Pat Fitz

wingnut wrote: »

At the mouth of the Raite there is Johnny Green's Island. There is the ruin of a house there and used to be inhabited.

The late Johnny Greene died in 1989, he watched over the lights on the Shannon estuary for Limerick Harbour. There is a punt gun which belonged to the Greene family in the Limerick Museum, and was donated to the museum by the Greene family.