Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Aranmore, or Inishmore

Aranmore, or Inishmore, par., designated Aran, consisting of the largest island in bar. Aran, co. Galway, 7635 ac., pop. 2193; P.O. The island measures 9 miles by 2 miles; greatest elevation less than 400 ft.; the precipitous cliffs on S. side are the resort of multitudes of sea-fowl; a lighthouse rises from its centre.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Galway IrlC
Place names: ARANMORE     |     ARANMORE OR INISHMORE     |     INISHMORE

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