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In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Boa Island like this:
BOW, or BOA, ISLAND, partly in the parish of TEMPLECARNE, and partly in that of DRUMKEERAN, barony of LURG, county of FERMANAGH, and province of ULSTER, 2 miles (S.) from Pettigo; containing 382 inhabitants. This island, situated in the upper portion of the lower Lough Erne, comprises, according to the Ordnance survey, 1342 statute acres, of which nearly 787 are in Drumkeeran, and the remainder in the parish of Templecarne. ...
The land is good, and the island is divided into a number of small farms varying from two to forty acres. There is a fine quarry of freestone. In the townland of Caldragh is a burial-ground.
Boa Island is now part of FERMANAGH AND OMAGH District. Click here for graphs and data of how FERMANAGH AND OMAGH has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Boa Island itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Boa Island, in Fermanagh and Omagh and County Fermanagh | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/28940
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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