INISHLIRE, or INNISLYRE, an island, in the parish of KILMINA, barony of BURRISHOOLE, county of MAYO, and province of CONNAUGHT, 5 ½ miles (S. W.) from Newport-Pratt, in Clew bay: the population is returned with the parish. It comprises 40 acres, and is a coast-guard station.

(Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837); Transcription © Derek Rowlinson, 2005-10. Reproduced from LibraryIreland. We are deeply grateful to LibraryIreland for allowing us to use their transcription.)