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Landmark Attractions In Inisheer

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Inis Oírr / Inisheer , the island's official name, Inis Oirthir, meaning east island, and traditionally Inis Thiar, meaning rear island. In Irish Inis Oírr is pronounced like Inish-Ear. It is the smallest and most eastern of the three Aran Islands in Galway Bay, Ireland. With about 260 permanent residents , it is more populous than Inishmaan but less than Inishmore. Caomhán of Inis Oírr is the island's patron saint. There are three primary settlements on Inis Oírr - Baile an Chaisleáin , Baile an Feirme & Baile an Lorgain .
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  • 1. Plassey Wreck Inisheer
    MV Plassy, or Plassey, was a steam trawler launched in late 1940 and named HMT Juliet in 1941. She was renamed Peterjon and converted to a cargo vessel in 1947. She was acquired by the Limerick Steamship Company in 1951 and renamed Plassy. On 8 March 1960, while sailing through Galway Bay carrying a cargo of whiskey, stained glass and yarn, she was caught in a severe storm and ran onto Finnis Rock, Inisheer, Aran Islands. A group of local Islanders, the Inisheer Rocket Crew, rescued the entire crew from the stricken vessel using a breeches buoy — an event captured in a pictorial display at the National Maritime Museum in Dún Laoghaire. Several weeks later, a second storm washed the ship off the rock and drove her ashore on the island. The wreck still lies on the shoreline and is a touri...
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