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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

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

"ISLANDEADY, (or Islandine), a parish in the baronies of Carra and Burrishoole, county Mayo, province of Connaught, Ireland, 5 miles E. of Newport. Castlebar is its post town. It is 13 miles long by 4¾ broad. The surface is mountainous and boggy. Lough Islandeady, 4 miles long, and Loughs Beltra and Lannagh, are within the limits. Croaghmoyle is the principal summit, rising 1,412 feet above sea-level. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Tuam, value with Castlebar, £614, in the patronage of the bishop. There are two Roman Catholic chapels in the parish, a public school, and five or six private schools. The principal seats are Rahins, Mucknagh, Green Hill, and Woodville. The French occupied Rahins in 1798; and in the vicinity of that demesne is a monument to the wife of Dodwell Brown.

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