Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Tory Island

Tory Island, Tullaghobegly par., NW. co. Donegal, 9 miles NW. of Dunfanaghy, about 2½ miles long and ½ mile broad, 785 ac., pop. 332; P.O. On NW. point of island is a lighthouse 87 ft. high, with fixed light (Tory Island) 130 ft. above high water and seen 16 miles.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Administrative units: Donegal IrlC
Place: Tory Island

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