Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for EFFISHBREDA

EFFISHBREDA, an extra parochial district, in the barony of ENNISHOWEN, county of DONEGAL, and province of ULSTER, 2 miles (N. W.) from Buncrana, on the road to Clonmany; containing 32 inhabitants. It comprises a wild mountain district lying between Desertegney and Lower Fahan, chiefly occupied by small farmers, and is nominally in the parish of Desertegney.


(Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837); Transcription © Derek Rowlinson, 2005-10. Reproduced from LibraryIreland. We are deeply grateful to LibraryIreland for allowing us to use their transcription.)

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Feature Description: "an extra parochial district"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Ennishowen IrlBarony       Donegal IrlC

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