Ireland, County Mayo
Inishkea abandoned island villages
Ghost town Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
Nails and fittingsPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
19th century Irish-speaking fishing islands abandoned in the 1930s
Two islands off the Mullet with about 380 Irish-speaking people in 1843 and over 300 in the early 1900s, plus a Norwegian whaling station on Inishkea South from 1908 to 1914. After ten fishermen drowned in a storm in October 1927 the islands were abandoned in the 1930s.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
boat access onlyExposed Atlantic islands
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