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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Killaspugbrone contained the following places:"KILLASPUGBRONE, a parish in the barony of Carbury, county Sligo, province of Connaught, Ireland, 2 miles W. of Sligo, its post town. The parish is 3½ miles long by 3 broad, and lies along the S. shore of Sligo Bay. The surface rises to the height of 1,078 feet in one part. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Elphin, value with St. John's, Sligo, £705, in the patronage of Trinity College, Dublin, The Roman Catholic chapel is united to the chapels of Cabry and St. John's. There is one day school.
"OYSTER ISLAND, an islet in the parish of Killaspugbrone, barony of Carbury, county Sligo, province of Connaught, Ireland. It is situated in Sligo Bay, 3 miles N.W. of Sligo. It is nearly a mile long, and has a beacon and two fixed lights, put up in 1837, to guide vessels entering the harbour, which has four fathoms of water."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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