Omey - Iomaidh

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A midden of shells discarded by shellfish eaters. This midden has been dated to 1000AD - 1500AD

The road to the island

On the night of 27 October 1927 16 fishermen from the townland of Rossadillisk on the mainland near Cleggan were drowned in a storm. 10 Inishkea men out fishing in currachs drowned in the same storm. Read an account of the Inishkea disaster on the Inishkea page,

On the night of 27 October 1927 16 fishermen from the townland of Rossadillisk on the mainland near Cleggan were drowned in a storm. 10 Inishkea men out fishing in currachs drowned in the same storm. Read an account of the Inishkea disaster on the Inishkea page,

As the tide fills the direction signs are under water and the island is inaccessible

The medieval parish church which until excavated in 1981 was almost completely buried in drifts of sand.

Omey National School 1883. The school closed in about 1973

Source for various details - Tim Robinson's Map and Gazetteer of Connemara.