Illaunmore, whose name derives from the Irish "oileán mór", meaning "big island", carries this burial ground as a registered monument, yet the details of who lies there, when the site was first used, and what physical remains survive above ground remain formally undocumented in any publicly accessible record. That absence is itself a kind of fact. Island graveyards of this type are not unusual along the western seaboard; early Christian communities, fisherfolk, and later penal-era congregations all made use of remote ground, sometimes because it was sacred, sometimes because it was simply the land available to them.

What can be said with confidence is that the site is recognised as archaeologically significant, which suggests either visible remains, a pattern of historical use, or both. Island graveyards in Clare and the wider Connacht region often contain the ruins of a small oratory or church enclosure alongside the burials, and many have associations with local saints whose cults predate the formal parish system. Without specific documentation for this site, those comparisons are offered only as context, not as description. The graveyard on Illaunmore is, for the moment, a placeholder in the archaeological record, waiting for the kind of fieldwork and formal write-up that would give it a proper history.