Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for INISHLIRE, or INNISLYRE

INISHLIRE, or INNISLYRE, an island, in the parish of KILMINA, barony of BURRISHOOLE, county of MAYO, and province of CONNAUGHT, 5 ½ miles (S. W.) from Newport-Pratt, in Clew bay: the population is returned with the parish. It comprises 40 acres, and is a coast-guard station.


(Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837); Transcription © Derek Rowlinson, 2005-10. Reproduced from LibraryIreland. We are deeply grateful to LibraryIreland for allowing us to use their transcription.)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "an island"   (ADL Feature Type: "islands")
Administrative units: Kilmeena IrlPar       Burrishoole IrlBarony       Mayo IrlC
Place names: INISHLIRE     |     INISHLIRE OR INNISLYRE     |     INNISLYRE

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