Islands of Ireland: Inishbiggle fights back

Though Inishbiggle may sound like the inspiration for the schoolboy adventures of Captain WE Johns, namely the Biggles series about a World War II pilot, it is in fact a corruption of the Irish Bigil whose origin is obscure.

Islands of Ireland: Inishbiggle fights back

By Dan MacCarthy

Though Inishbiggle may sound like the inspiration for the schoolboy adventures of Captain WE Johns, namely the Biggles series about a World War II pilot, it is in fact a corruption of the Irish Bigil whose origin is obscure.

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