In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Finavarra like this:
FINVARRA, a village, in the parish of OUGHTMANNA, barony of BURREN, county of CLARE, and province of MUNSTER, 2 ½ miles (W.) from Burren, on the bay of Galway; containing 410 inhabitants. This village, which is situated in a detached portion of the parish, is chiefly remarkable for a Point of that name which stretches into the bay from the peninsula formed by the parish of Abbey, and on which a martello tower has been erected. ...
There is also a similar tower on Aughnish Point, to the north-east, which also forms a detached portion of the same parish. Finvarra Point is situated on the north-east side of the bay of Ballyvaughan, and to the south-west of the entrance of the harbour of New Quay.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Finavarra, in and County Clare | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/29160
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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