to be no longer extant, suggesting that the villages have now vanished. These include: Alladoon, Bunamullen, Cooltra, Mweelanbwee, Ooghnagunnel. Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney's poem "Seeing Things" begins with a boat ride to Inishbofin. "Inishbofin on a Sunday Morning. / Sunlight, turfsmoke, seagulls, boatslip, diesel". The island served as the setting for Deborah Tall's 1987 book, The Island of the White Cow. Richard Murphy wrote several poems about his time on Inishbofin, best known perhaps is' Sailing to an Island'. Inishbofin in the Annals 668 - Colmán of Lindisfarne founds the monastery of Inis Bó Finne. 675 - Death of Colmán of Lindisfarne on Inis Bó Finne 711 - Baetan, Bishop of Inis Bo Finne, died. 755 - Mael Turaig, abbot of Inis Bó Finne, rested. 795 - The plundering of Í Coluim Chille, and of Inis Muiredaig, and of Inis Bó Finne. 898 - Caenchomhrac, of the caves of Inis Bo Fine, died. 809 - Blathmac of Inis Bó Finne, died. 916 - Abbot Feardhach of Inis Bó Finne, died. See also List of abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland (County Galway) Scaithin Leo of Inis Airc Repatriation and reburial of Irish human remains Gallery References External links Inishbofin Island Website Article on archaeological work on the island Islands of County Galway