Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Foynes

Foynes, vil. with harb. and ry. sta., Robertstown par., N. co. Limerick, on river Shannon, 5 miles NW. of Askeaton, pop. 261; P.O., T.O. Foynes Island lies in the river, a little below the vil.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village with harbour and railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Limerick IrlC
Place: Foynes

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