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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

In 1868, the parish of Inishbofin contained the following places:

"INISHBOFIN, a parish and an island in the barony of Murrisk, county Mayo, province of Connaught, Ireland, 26 miles S.W. of Westport. Clifden is its post town. It is 3½ miles long by 2 broad, and is separated from Sark Island by a narrow sound. The northern coast is very precipitous. The southern has a natural harbour, which has a blockhouse, built in the time of the Commonwealth. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Tuam, value with Ballinakill, £99, in the patronage of the bishop. There is a Roman Catholic chapel, and in the Roman Catholic arrangement the parish belongs to the Ballinakill district. There are two private schools. The fisheries were formerly very extensive, and the castle or blockhouse was erected for their protection against the Dutch. An abbey is said to have been founded here by St. Colman, in 667. The island is the property of the Marquis of Sligo, but formerly of the Marquis of Clanricarde.

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018