Inis Cara

Inishcarra (Inis Cara) is a civil parish in Muskerry East, County Cork, situated 15 kilometres west of Cork city on the northern bank of the River Lee. The name derives from Irish 'inis' (island or river meadow), though the meaning of 'Cara' remains historically uncertain, even to 19th-century scholar John O'Donovan. The parish has strong early Christian roots through its connection to Saint S...