Place:


Lambay Island  County Dublin

 
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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Lambay Island like this:

Lambay Island (1½ mile by 1 mile), in Irish Sea, Portraine par., co. Dublin, 3 miles SE. of Rush, 617 ac., pop. 61. The surface is hilly, the cliffs on the E. side rising to an alt. of 418 ft.; the rocks are chiefly of trap and porphyry. The island is the property of Lord Talbot de Malahide.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Lambay Island, in and County Dublin | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/29337

Date accessed: 07th November 2024

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