placenames1901 census
3People recorded
1Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Spratt 3
White Island
An tOileán Bán
The island’s ruined church preserves a reconstructed Romanesque entrance and earlier sculpture.
Recorded locationWhite Island54.48916° N · 7.73543° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- An tOileán Bán · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- White Island · English · main form
Place & story
The church and its stonework
A ruined church dating from about 1200 stands within an older ecclesiastical enclosure on White Island in Lower Lough Erne. Its Romanesque south doorway was reconstructed in 1928. Carved figures, older than the church, were later placed against its north wall; one carries a bell and a crosier. The Department for Communities also records an early grave slab displayed at the site. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Fermanagh
- Barony
- Tirkennedy
- Civil parish
- Trory and Islands
- Coordinates
- 54.48916, -7.73543
- Mapped area
- 0.3 km²
- Logainm ID
- 61241 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
1926 census
This year is outside the available dataset’s coverage. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — White Island. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- White Island Church and Figures, FER173:002 · Department for Communities
- Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-06-27. How this page was prepared.