Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Eagle

Eagle.-- island, 3 miles SW. of Erris Head, NW. co. Mayo, pop. 15; on the island, 3½ miles SW. of Erris Head, is a lighthouse, with 2 fixed lights (Eagle), 220 ft. above high water, and seen 20 miles.


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

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Feature Description: "island"   (ADL Feature Type: "islands")
Administrative units: Mayo IrlC

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