Could the naming of one be associated with the pirate Hull and the connection to that dreaded illness to which pirates and other sailors fell victim: scurvy?Īnd the other may derive from the old Irish word for cave or underground chamber, ‘lusca’. Picture: C KelleherĬuriously, the latter two have their mirror images near … Leamcon, around the Mizen Peninsula. The Alliance of Pirates: Leamcon creek and house, Schull, County Cork, where William Hull had his demesne. Then there is the diminutive Cold Island, and finally a tiny pair of islands very near to Rinneen Island called Lusk and Scurvygrass to complete the six-island archipelago. The comparatively enormous Carbery Island is the only one with an occasional human presence, and the large Furze and Horse. Strictly speaking, it is not part of the group as it lies within Dunmanus Harbour rather than the bay. Rinneen Island is dwarfed by some of its neighbouring islands. The O’Mahonys managed to regain the castle but lost it again in 1641 after some of the clan raided part of Hull’s business empire, one of his fish palaces. It fell to English forces in 1602 following on from the Battle of Kinsale and the overthrow of the Gaelic chieftains. This castle was the base of Donogh More O'Mahony and was built in 1430. This suggests that Rinneen Island was once not an island but part of the mainland and may have been associated with Dunmanus Castle, a few hundred metres away. Its name comes from Rinnín, which translates as a small point or promontory. The metric conversion is 668 square metres. Possibly clinching it, is a third and final possession at Leamcon.Īt zero acres, three roods and 13 perches Rinneen Island is one of the smallest islands in this series so far, and merits the description of islet, to be accurate. The same Hull owned the tiny Illaunricmonia also on the southern side of the Mizen Peninsula which lends credence to the theory of ownership. The mid-19th century William Hull is his descendant as the ownership of the lands passed along. He was originally a customs officer before realising a much more lucrative business opportunity presented itself in fencing contraband goods. He plied his trade in the mid-17th century with his base at the townland of Leamcon, outside Schull. Hull’s stronghold was at the townland of Leamcon outside Schull. He was also deputy vice admiral of Munster and a rent collector for the first earl of Cork, Richard Boyle. The name is infamous in this part of West Cork as it is associated with the notorious poacher-turned-gamekeeper, former custom’s official for the English Treasury, William Hull. Hull was the registered owner of Rinneen Island according to the Griffith's Valuation which was carried out between 18 to establish liability on the poor rate.
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