Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Oyster Island

Oyster Island, in Sligo Bay, in co. and 4 miles NW. of Sligo; has a lighthouse 43 ft. high, with 2 fixed lights (Sligo Bay) 40 and 49 ft. above high water and seen 11 miles.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "island"   (ADL Feature Type: "islands")
Administrative units: Sligo County
Place: Oyster Island

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