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"PRINT, SITE OF LISGOOLE ABBEY, ON LOUGH ERNE, 1880"

Date

1880

Artist/Maker

Oldham,William.

Technique

Engraved

Dimensions

Width: 13cm
Height: 8cm

Caption

View across the River Erne to Lisgoole Abbey with a figure fishing in the foreground. By 1618, Inishmore on Lower Lough Erne was in the ownership of Sir John Davies, as part of the Lisgoole estate, and at this time the island assumed the name Davy’s Island.

Object number

FCM_1986_137