Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Arranmore, or North Arran

Arranmore, or North Arran, island (4 miles by 3 miles), Templecrone par., W. co. Donegal, area, 4350 ac., pop. 1163; P.O. The surface is hilly, greatest alt. 745 ft. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in fishing.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "island"   (ADL Feature Type: "islands")
Administrative units: Donegal IrlC
Place names: ARRANMORE     |     ARRANMORE OR NORTH ARRAN     |     NORTH ARRAN
Place: Arranmore

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