In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Aughinish like this:
AUGHNISH, a village, in a detached portion of the parish of OUGHTMANNA, barony of BURREN, county of CLARE, and province of MUNSTER, 5 miles (N. W.) from Burren; containing 46 houses and 304 inhabitants. This village, like others on this part of the coast, is frequented during the summer for sea-bathing; it is situated on the bay of Galway and near Aughnish Point, a headland on the north side of the harbour of New Quay, projecting into the bay from the peninsula formed by the parish of Duras, in the county of Galway, and forming the northern extremity of the county of Clare. ...
On this point is a martello tower, and there is also one on Finvarra Point, to the south-west, in another detached portion of the parish.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Aughinish, in and County Clare | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/29149
Date accessed: 05th June 2024
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