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In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Oyster Island like this:
OYSTER-ISLAND, in the parish of KILLASPICBROWN, barony of UPPER CARBERY, county of SLIGO, and province of CONNAUGHT, 5 miles (N. N. W.) from Sligo: the population is returned with the parish. It is situated in the Pool of Sligo, and is remarkable for the purity of its herbage, and for restoring diseased cattle. Its ancient name was Inishroras, and it is enumerated among the lands granted by Chas. II. to the Earl of Strafford and Thomas Radcliff, Esq., in 1666.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Oyster Island, in and County Sligo | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/29571
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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