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What is notable about Innisfallen island in Killarney?

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The largest island is the "sweet Innisfallen" of Thomas Moore 's poem. On the island are the ruins of an abbey founded c.600 by St. Finian. There the Annals of Innisfallen, an important historical document, were written (11th-14th cent.).

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