Trip Planner:   Europe  /  Ireland  /  Province of Munster  /  County Kerry  /  Killarney  /  Innisfallen Island

Innisfallen Island, Killarney

4.6

#5 of 24 in Historic Sites in Killarney

Island Historic Site

• ©
• ©
• ©
• © +6
• ©
• ©
• ©
• ©
• ©
• ©

Innisfallen or Inishfallen (from Irish: Inis Faithlinn, meaning "Faithlinn's island") is an island in Lough Leane; one of the three Lakes of Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland.

Use our Killarney road trip tool to arrange your visit to Innisfallen Island and other attractions in Killarney.
Source

more less

Create an itinerary including Innisfallen Island

Start planning

Unable to display map at this time. Please try again later.

© OpenMapTiles © OpenStreetMap contributors

Innisfallen Island Reviews

Rate this attraction

TripAdvisor Traveler Rating

142 reviews

Google

4.3

• By Dibleygirl

  Walking around this ruin, we could understand why it is a popular tourist attraction. There's the opportunity to take a boat on the water, which we didn't take advantage of, but we thought it would.....  more »

• By Archaeobuff

  I drove around the Lough Leane to Ross castle and a pier on the lake where I met Fergus who had a boat that could take me to the island in the middle with ruins of a famous monastery there. Fergus...  more »

See more on TripAdvisor »

Google

• By Patty Bulicek

  This is a truly peaceful experience. The ruins are stunning, there is an early Celtic cross inside a ruin off by itself, and a trail goes all around the island, offering some amazing views. We came across some deer who were not at all afraid of us and allowed us to approach them within 20 meters. €10 pet person for the boat ride there and back was money very well spent!

  more less
• By Julie Schmidt

  Innisfallen Island is home to the ruins of Innisfallen Abbey. The monastery was founded in the 6th/7th Century by St. Finian the Leper. We hopped on the small, open boat from Ross Castle and took the short ride across the lake to it, getting views from the water of Killarney National Park where we had just come from. There were fewer than 10 of us on the boat, and when we arrived on the island we had it pretty much entirely to ourselves. We were given 30 minutes to walk around all the ruins and make a complete circuit of the island. We saw several sika deer in the trees along the trail. Wear comfy shoes and take in the whole place. It's a really nice walk.

  more less

See more on Google »

Plan your trip to Killarney

• Get a personalized plan

  A complete day-by-day itinerary
  based on your preferences

• Customize it

  Refine your plan. We'll find the
  best routes and schedules

• Book it

  Choose from the best hotels
  and activities. Up to 50% off

• Manage it

  Everything in one place.
  Everyone on the same page.