7. Townland Official Name: Gleann Oirtheach

Glen East OS

County

Cork

Barony

Carbery West East Division

Parish

Clear – Island

Gps

51.433387, -9.490531

Total Placenames Recorded

70

Description

In Cape Clear Island and South side of Ph. Bounded on the North by the Tlds. of Keenleen and Lissmona, on the West by Craha West, on the South by the Atlantic Ocean and on the West by Glin Middle, in the Barony of the East Division of West Carbery & Co. Cork. NB Proprietor Sir William Wrixon Beecher Ballygibbin, Mallow, agent Rev. Ns. Beecher, Ballygibbin , Mallow, all held by tenant, no lease. Rent £25 per year. Farms from 1/6 to 1/4 of Tld. Soil light , produces light crops of wheat, a little oats and middling potatoes. OS Name Book

An Túr agus Teach Solais - Signal Tower & Lighthouse
Road to Old Signal Tower & Lighthouse. Oifig an Phoist (to left upper centre). Field patterns
An Teach Solais [Rear view]
Cape Clear Signal Tower (Built 1805)