It is possible for tourists to visit the island during the summer months, with boats leaving from Ross Castle throughout the day.

[citation needed] The location of the monastery on the island is thought to have given rise to the name Lough Leane (Irish Loch Léin), which in English means "Lake of Learning".

According to tradition the Irish High King Brian Boru received his education at Innisfallen under Maelsuthain O'Carroll.

A Killarney Legend", a poem by William Allingham, first published in Macmillan's Magazine (August 1864).

[8] This was in turn set to music by Geoffrey Molyneux Palmer as The Abbot of Innisfalen, Op.