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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 Lichen
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
Various details are from Tim Robinson's Map and Gazetteer of Connemara.