Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Scattery Island

Scattery Island, Kilrush par., S. co. Clare, in river Shannon, 179 ac., pop. 141; has interesting church ruins. On S. point of island is a fixed light (Scattery Island), 50 ft. above high water and seen 10 miles.


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

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Administrative units: Clare County
Place: Scattery Island

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