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	Innisfallen Island Killarney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Innisfallen (location "a" on the map) is the largest island on Lough Leane.
		Innisfallen itself is hallowed ground and this can be felt on landing.
		Innisfallen became the first University in Europe in over 800 years.
	www.killarney.ac /innisfallentour.html (376 words)

	Innisfallen Island, Killarney
		From Ross Island I took boat to INNISFALLEN ISLAND, and on the way was shown a small islet of rock, with one side nearly twenty feet perpendicular above the water, called O'Donaghoe's Prison.
		His appearance is regarded as an omen of prosperity to whoever beholds him; he is generally seen mounted on a gallant white steed, bounding over the lake; but he is sometimes beheld on the green shores, contending in the mimic fight, or treading the stately measure of the ancient Irish dance.
		Innisfallen, though a mere ruin at present, was once the seat of an order of monks distinguished in the ecclesiastical history of Ireland.
	www.libraryireland.com /SceneryIreland/II-3.php (470 words)

	Innisfallen Island at AllExperts
		Innisfallen Island is just one of many islands found in Lough Leane, one of the three Lakes of Killarney in the Republic of Ireland.
		It is home to the ruins of Innisfallen Abbey, one of the most impressive archaeological remains dating from the early Christian period found in the Killarney National Park.
		Over a period of about 300 of these, the Annals of Innisfallen were written, which chronicle the early history of Ireland as it was known to the monks.
	en.allexperts.com /e/i/in/innisfallen_island.htm (201 words)

	Innisfallen Island Lough Leane Killarney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Innisfallen is the largest island on Lough Leane.
		One thing led to another and, within a short period, Innisfallen became the first University in Europe in over 800 years.
		Princes from all over Europe studied on this tiny island resulting in overflow settlements at Aghadoe and Muckross Abbey.
	www.killarney.ac /dropdown/innisfallen.html (337 words)

	Irish Ferries Enthusiasts.com :: Innisfallen
		By the outbreak of WW2 the Innisfallen was flying the tri-colour and hence was neutral.
		The fourth Innisfallen (4,848 gross tons) brought a new class to the Southern corridor; clean, fast, classless and with a service speed of 24.5knots was the fastest ferry in the world when she entered service.
		In 1979 Innisfallen was moved to Dublin, but growing unrest in the North resulted in a massive falloff of passengers and a year later she was sold to Corsica.
	www.irish-ferries-enthusiasts.com /innisfallen.htm (1012 words)

	Innisfallen Island, Ireland
		From the pier at Ross Castle near Killarney visitors can be rowed out to the quiet little island of Innisfallen, with the remains of a monastery (National Monument).
		On the northeast side of the island is a small 12th C. church of red sandstone.
		Innisfallen still preserves the old native woodland of Ireland - rowan, ash, yew and holly.
	www.planetware.com /killarney/innisfallen-island-irl-kr-inis.htm (121 words)

	Killarney Atractions - Siteseeing in & around Kilarney Kerry Ireland
		INNISFALLEN ISLAND: On this island is Innisfallen Abbey erected in the 7th century and remained until the 17th century.
		KILLARNEY LAKE TOURS: The M.V. "Pride of the Lakes" and "Lily of Killarney" depart from Ross Castle on the shores of Lough Lein, 2 km from Killarney town.
		Cruise sailing the lake in the comfort and safety of a covered heated and modern vessel see the breath-taking scenes of gentle lowland, scattered islands in the shadow of the towering ruggedness of the McGullycuddy Reeks mountain range.
	www.killarney-insight.com /attractions.html (1418 words)

	Seaspecs - Islands Links
		Continental islands are bodies of land that lie upon the continental shelf of a continent.
		An atoll is an island formed from a coral reef that has grown on an eroded and submerged volcanic island.
		Also, when defining islands as pieces of land that are completely surrounded by water, narrow bodies of water like rivers and canals are generally left out of consideration.
	www.seaspecs.com /html/link_cats/IslandsLinks.html (1288 words)

	The Sleeping Monk of Innisfallen ©T. Crofton Croker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		It is indeed a fairy island, although Ihave no fairy story to tell you about it; and if Ihad, these are such unbelieving times that people only smile at my fairy stories, and doubt them.
		Centuries ago the monks of Innisfallen were popular, pious, and learned, and if you saw them coming along the road you didn't hop inside the fence to avoid them for they were the best of company at all times.
		He decided to return in haste to Innisfallen and report these mysterious events to his superiors who might be able to explain them to his satisfaction.
	www.from-ireland.net /stories/innisfallen.htm (966 words)

	Killarney Hotels, Special Offers & Short Breaks — Killarney Earls Court
		The network of surfaced tracks in the Muckross, Knockreer and Ross Island areas are ideal for both cyclists and walkers, and bicycles can be rented from many locations in and around Killarney Town.
		For the energetic, whether its horse riding pursuits, hill walking, horseracing, climbing the Macgilliduddy Reeks or visiting Innisfallen Island with its historic abbey - all are splendidly catered for in Killarney.
		Ross Castle is the ideal gateway to the lakes for boating, cruising or fishing for trout and salmon.
	www.killarney-earlscourt.ie /attract.html (2586 words)

	Clough na Cuddy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Spiritual affairs ö for it was respecting the importation of a tun of wine into the island monastery ö demanded the presence of one of the brotherhood of Innisfallen at the abbey of Irelagh, now called Mucruss.
		But surely this is Innisfallen Island, and I am the Father Cuddy who yesterday morning went over to the abbey of Irelagh respecting the tun of wine.
		Pretty Margery's fresh eggs were no longer to be had in Innisfallen; and with a heart as heavy as his footsteps, the worthy man directed his course towards Dingle, where he embarked in a vessel on the point of sailing for Malaga.
	www.harvestfields.netfirms.com /story/10/08/53.htm (2293 words)

	Pictures of Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		St. Finangobhar, or the Leper, so called from having been afflicted with a distressing form of cutaneous disease, founded here a monastery-remnants of which are pictured in the left foreground of the sketch-in the middle of the seventh century.
		Innisfallen, as it is now spelled and pronounced, is situated in the Lower Lake of Killarney and has been admired by generations of pleasure seekers.
		How sweet, yet sad, is the cadence of his lines:- Sweet Innisfallen, fare thee well, May calm and sunshine still be thine; How fair thou art let other tell, To feel how fair, yet still be mine.
	www.quinnipiac.edu /other/abl/etext/irish/pictures203/p381.html (208 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Hospitals
		Thus the hospital built by the monks of Innisfallen in 869 is merely called nosocomium although it is usually reckoned an early foundation for lepers in Ireland.
		The first hospital in the United States was erected on Manhattan Island about 1663 "at the request of Surgeon Hendricksen Varrevanger for the reception of sick soldiers who had been previously billeted on private families, and for the West India Company's negroes" (Callaghan, "New Netherland Register").
		Pesthouses for contagious diseases were established at New York, Salem (Mass.), and Charleston early in the eighteenth century.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/07480a.htm (9165 words)

	Aghadoe Civil Parish, Co. Kerry, Lewis, 1837 description ©Jane Lyons
		The annals of Innisfallen state that a son of O'Donoghue was buried in an abbey founded here by him, which was standing in 1231.
		The parish is situated chiefly on the road from Killarney to Milltown and Tralee, and partly on that from Killarney to Cork: it comprehends within its limits the Island of Innisfallen, and part of the lakes of Killarney, and comprises 17,720 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act.
		Browne; brother of the Earl of Kenmare, commanding a fine view of the lake and its numerous islands; and, on the opposite side of the lake, Tomies, the seat of D.
	www.from-ireland.net /lewis/ker/aghadoe.htm (621 words)

	Welcome to Cork Kerry-Cork Kerry, the counties of the spectacular Southwest of Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		An interesting visit may be made to Innisfallen — an island of 8.5 hectares (21 acres) near the northern end of Lough Leane and about 1.5km (1 mile) from the shore off Ross Castle.
		Near the landing stage are the ruins of Innisfallen Abbey, founded about AD 600 by Saint Faithlean (fallen) and also associated with Saint Finian the leper.
		The Annals of Innisfallen, a chronicle of world and Irish history in Irish and Latin (now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford), were compiled here at intervals to 1320, by a succession of 39 monastic scribes.
	www.corkkerry.ie /?id=195 (162 words)

	Ireland 2003
		Innisfallen island contains the remains of a 6th century abbey.
		To get to Innisfallen, you hire a rowboat from Ross Castle (which is pretty cool itself).
		Dave and I were lucky enough to have the entire island to ourselves, and we had a great time exploring the whole place.
	meldave.freeservers.com /ireland_2003.htm (1909 words)

	KILLARNEY IRELAND - KILLARNEY 250 FESTIVAL - 250 YEARS OF KILLARNEY TOURISM
		Arguably Killarney’s most important historic site, the beautiful lake island of Innisfallen was home to a famous monastery and centre of learning from the 7th to the 17th century.
		Of significant historical importance are the Annals of Innisfallen, compiled by the monks over many centuries and now residing in the Bodleian Library in Oxford University.
		Today, the island has the ruins of an 11th Century Hiberno-Romanesque Church and the extensive remains of a 12th Century Augustinian Priory.
	www.killarney250.com /today.php?secID=history (616 words)

	Killarney: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The island provided a cultural haven and the resident monks were extraordinary text illuminators and scribes.
		The Annals of Innisfallen, now in Oxford's Bodleian Library, offer a fascinating account of world and Irish history during the early 14th century.
		In the 18th century, Lord Kenmare held parties on the island, altering the ecclesiastical buildings into an elaborate dining hall.
	www.getours.com /detail.html?detailID=164919 (126 words)

	Beech Grove Caravan and Camping Park,Fossa,Killarney,Co. Kerry,Ireland.(Attractions)
		Innisfallen Island - The 2.5km tour across Lough Lein by open boat is highly recommended.
		The island, which is famous for its Innisfallen annals and as a place for learning, contains monastic ruins dating from the 6th to the 13th centuries.
		Taking the trip by watercoach or boatman is recommended as the tour is enhanced by the commentary on the history and legends of the lakes.
	homepage.eircom.net /~beechgrove/attractions.html (893 words)

	This week in Block Island history —September 26, 1888—
		On this day in history, Sept. 26, 1888, Block Island was becoming, for yet another man and his family, the “Isle of Destiny” — as the little dot in the sea has for so many over the centuries.
		He was builder of many of the island’s grand hotels during a 50-year career that lasted from the 1880s to the 1930s, and although another islander completed the project, some of Hayes’ ideas are presumably embedded in the design.
		Those superlative phrases of 1888, stating the home was “one of the neatest and most attractive cottages” that “affords quite the most picturesque and striking figure,” were not an exaggeration.
	www.blockislandtimes.com /news/2004/0925/News/037.html (756 words)

	Killarney
		The second lake is aptly called the "Middle Lake" or "Muckross Lake," and the third simply "Upper Lake." Upper Lake, the smallest, is full of storybook islands covered with a variety of trees -- evergreens, cedars of Lebanon, juniper, holly, and mountain ash.
		The most noteworthy of Killarney's islands is Innisfallen, or "Fallen's Island," which seems to float peacefully in the Lower Lake.
		From 950 to 1320, the "Annals of Innisfallen," a chronicle of early Irish history, was written at the monastery; it's now in the Bodleian Library at Oxford University.
	donfaust.com /ireland/killarney.htm (1036 words)

	Kerry Saints & Scholars: Guided walking in Ireland - a guided, multi-centre, 7 night walking tour of Kerry, ...
		The pilgrim theme is continued as we take a boat trip to a World Heritage Site, the monastic island of Sceilg Mhichíl, dedicated like so many other isolated hermitages to Saint Michael.
		A walk on Ross Island introduces you to copper mining dating from prehistory.
		A short boat trip to Innisfallen Island allows exploration of its monastic ruins.
	www.govisitireland.com /women.html (981 words)

	List of islands of Ireland at AllExperts
		This is a list of the principal islands off the coast of Ireland.
		The mainland of Ireland is itself an island, west of the island of Great Britain, and northwest of the mainland of Europe.
		Arranmore, County Donegal — this is not one of the Aran Islands*
	en.allexperts.com /e/l/li/list_of_islands_of_ireland.htm (150 words)

	Clough na Cuddy
		ABOVE all the islands in the lakes of Killarney give me Innisfallen — " sweet Innisfallen," as the melodious Moore calls it.
		In the rosy dawn of a summer’s morning he had left the monastery of Innisfallen, and he now felt in every sight and sound the dreariness of winter.
		The hard ground was covered with withered leaves; icicles depended from leafless branches; he heard the sweet, low note of the robin, who familiarly approached him; and he felt his fingers numbed from the nipping frost.
	www.shee-eire.com /Magic&Mythology/Fairylore/Rocks/CloughnaC/page1.htm (2335 words)

	Nick Brassard's 2000 trip to Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Aran islands are beautifull and bleak at the same time.
		The dramatic sea cliffs nearly surround the island.
		Despite the small size, there is alot to explore on the island, though expect to be sharing the experience with a few tourists.
	www.cs.usm.maine.edu /~brassard/travel/gallery5.html (305 words)

	The Kingdom
		This valley of inspiration has inspired not only poets but saints and scholars who roamed the island in the early centuries in search of pure peace where the silence of God could truly be felt.
		One such was faithful St. Finian the Leper, who founded the island monastery at Innisfallen Island, on the lower lake, Lough Lein, so called the Lake of Learning.
		The Cathredral, was built during the famine years in Ireland, and was used as a shelter for famine victims in 1845/47.
	weblab.ucd.ie /~c97bf031/pg3.html (896 words)

	Innisfallen Information
		The Innisfallen was sold to Corsica Ferries who renamed her Corsica Viva.
		In 2003 she was sold to Sancak Lines, Turkey, who renamed her Derin Deniz, see [2]She was broken up in 2004.
		In 1986 she was sold to Strintzis Lines and was renamed Ionian Sun.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Innisfallen (358 words)

	Travel for Kids: County Kerry, Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		For a longer walk, where the trail forks, bear to the right and stroll into Killarney town (from Ross Castle to town and back is about 5 miles).
		Innisfallen Island – Take a motorboat trip to Innisfallen Island in the center of the lake, Lough Leane.
		Wander around the ruins of Innisfallen Abbey, founded in the 7th century and a great monastic center – the great king Brian Boru (who trounced the Vikings once and for all) studied at Innisfallen Abbey.
	travelforkids.com /Funtodo/Ireland/killarney.htm (686 words)

	CISP - INFAL/1
		It is not mentioned in any previous written sources and was not recorded by the OPW during the course of its work on the island between 1929 and 1931'.
		Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 157: `The carved stone is built into the Abbey church of the ruined Augustiniana Monastery on Innisfallen Island, Lough Leane.
		It is in the north splay of the central baulk of the interior face of the east window'.
	www.ucl.ac.uk /archaeology/cisp/database/stone/infal_1.html (388 words)

	Accommodation Killarney - Earls Court House - Ring of Kerry, Dingle, Lakes of Killarney, Beara, Historic Houses and ...
		For the energetic, whether its horse riding pursuits, hill walking, horseracing, climbing the Macgilliduddy Reeks or visiting Innisfallen Island with its historic abbey - all are splendidly catered for in Killarney.
		Ross Castle is the ideal gateway to the lakes for boating, cruising or fishing for trout and salmon.
		Take a boat from Ross Castle to this very special island in Lough Leane where the impressive archaeological remains of the ruined monastry dating from early Christian times can be seen.
	www.accommodation-killarney.com /attract.php (2604 words)

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